Mental Health

Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped people escape and heal from domestic abuse since 1975. They run a free 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter for women and children, longer-term supportive housing, counseling, support groups, legal advocacy, and safety planning. They also teach prevention in schools and the community across metro Atlanta.

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Nak Union Behavioral Health is a counseling clinic in College Park that helps adults, teens, and families deal with mental health concerns and drug or alcohol problems. They offer individual, family, and group counseling, addiction treatment, and mental health and psychiatric evaluations, both in person and by telehealth. They also work with people involved in the justice system and run classes like anger management and family violence education.

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The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program gives free, confidential mental health care to post-9/11 veterans and service members. They treat PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, anxiety, and depression — and the program pays for treatment, travel, lodging, and meals. Care is offered in person in Atlanta or by telehealth, and family members can take part too.

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This is part of Georgia's state behavioral health agency (DBHDD), which runs crisis services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. When someone is in crisis, they can get short-term help in a Crisis Respite Home (a small home that serves a few people at a time) or a Mobile Crisis Team that comes to where the person is. To reach help any time, day or night, call the Georgia Crisis and Access Line at (800) 715-4225 or dial 988.

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The SPOT is a free drop-in center run by CHRIS 180 for young people ages 16-26, including those who are homeless or struggling. In a safe, judgment-free space you can get counseling and mental health support, help with school (GED, tutoring, college), job and employment help, free meals, a food pantry and clothing closet, and connections to housing and other resources.

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Grady's Behavioral Health Outpatient Center provides outpatient mental health care for adults, including psychiatric evaluations, counseling, and medication management. A team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses treats conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, and addiction that occurs alongside a mental illness. People who need non-urgent care can walk in and ask for a consultation.

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Care Guide Services is a phone- and online-based health navigator that helps returning citizens and people on supervision sign up for low- or no-cost ACA health insurance. They also help you find doctors, mental and behavioral health care, dental care, and other benefits like Medicare Extra Help and Social Security disability. They are not based in Atlanta and have no local office; they serve people by phone in English and Spanish across many states, including Georgia.

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HCF Preventative Services is a faith-based nonprofit in Stone Mountain that helps people coming out of jail or prison get back on their feet and stay out of trouble. They offer re-entry coaching, mental health and life-skills coaching, job and work-readiness help, family support, and emergency help with food and utilities. Office visits are by appointment only.

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Addicted.org is a website with information to help prevent and reduce prescription drug abuse in Georgia. You can use it to learn about the risks and find your next steps toward help.

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Administration for Community Living offers virtual counseling to people dealing with alcohol, drug, anger, and related struggles. You can meet with a counselor online, from wherever you are.

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