Mental Health

The Atlanta Vet Center is a free U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs counseling center for veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard, Reserve, and their families. They offer confidential individual, group, and family counseling for things like PTSD, depression, grief, and military sexual trauma, plus help connecting to VA benefits and other services. Counseling is private and is not shared with other VA offices or the military without your permission.

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Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is a long-running Atlanta nonprofit that helps people who are being hurt or threatened by a partner or family member. They run a free, 24-hour crisis line and offer safe emergency shelter, counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy, support groups, and help moving into stable housing. Call any time to talk to someone and get help making a plan to stay safe.

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SAMHSA's National Helpline is a free, confidential phone line you can call 24 hours a day, every day of the year, for help with mental health and drug or alcohol problems. Trained staff don't provide counseling, but they connect you to local treatment programs, support groups, and community organizations in English and Spanish. You can call even if you have no insurance or money.

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This is the Augusta Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders (SCI/D) Center at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, one of the VA's national centers for veterans with spinal cord injuries or disorders. They provide lifelong, coordinated care including rehabilitation, an inpatient SCI unit, primary care, mental health support, and specialty clinics. Special services include an assistive technology lab, driver training, aquatic therapy, adaptive sports, vocational rehab, and a seating and mobility clinic. Note: this center is in Augusta, GA, about 2.5 hours east of Atlanta.

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The phone number and address on file reach ONE Community Health Solution, the Douglas County Community Service Board, which is the local agency that delivers Georgia DBHDD's Family Support Services. Family Support Services helps families caring for a loved one with an intellectual or developmental disability at home by arranging things like respite care, equipment, family education, and help finding other services. The same office also offers outpatient mental health care, substance use treatment, supported employment, and a pharmacy.

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Fulton County BHDD is the county's public agency for mental health, addiction, and developmental disability services, and it serves all county residents no matter their ability to pay. They offer free or sliding-scale therapy, psychiatric care, crisis help, substance use treatment, peer support, and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services are spread across several centers in Atlanta, Sandy Springs, College Park, and Alpharetta, with the main adult clinic at 265 Boulevard NE.

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This is Fulton County's government health department for mental health, addiction, and developmental disability services. They offer free or low-cost (sliding scale) counseling, therapy, psychiatric care, crisis help, peer support, and substance use treatment to all county residents, including people without insurance. They have service centers across Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and College Park, with walk-ins welcome for adult care.

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Fulton County's Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities department offers free and low-cost mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services to county residents, including people without insurance. At the South Fulton Service Center in College Park you can get counseling, group and family therapy, psychiatric care, medication management, and addiction treatment. They also run a walk-in crisis center, a mobile crisis unit, and programs for children, teens, and adults.

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This is Fulton County's public behavioral health agency. They offer counseling, therapy, psychiatric care, substance use treatment, and crisis help for kids, teens, and adults, plus day programs for people with developmental disabilities. They serve both insured and uninsured residents at clinics across the county.

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Recovery Bay Center is a men-only drug and alcohol rehab center on the beach in Panama City, Florida. They offer medical detox, residential (inpatient) treatment, intensive outpatient care, and help for people who have both addiction and mental health struggles. Their team uses counseling, medication-assisted treatment, and group and family therapy to help men get sober and stay in recovery.

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The Deaf Hotline (the National Deaf Domestic Violence Hotline) is a 24/7 hotline run in ASL for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and hard-of-hearing survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Trained Deaf advocates answer videophone calls, live chat, and email any time, offering crisis support, safety planning, and referrals. It is a national service you can reach from anywhere, including Atlanta.

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This is Fulton County's government department that provides mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services to local residents, no matter their income or insurance. They run a 24/7 walk-in crisis center, outpatient counseling clinics for adults and kids, addiction help, and day programs for people with developmental disabilities. Care is open to everyone in Fulton County, including people who are uninsured.

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This is Fulton County's government program that helps children, teens, and young adults (ages 4–24) who are struggling with their mental health, emotions, or drug and alcohol use. Working with partner agencies like CHRIS 180 and Georgia HOPE, they offer counseling, family and group therapy, psychiatric care, and substance use treatment at clinics and in schools. They accept Medicaid and most insurance, and serve families who have no insurance.

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The Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence (GCADV) is a statewide organization that fights to end domestic violence. It runs Georgia's free, confidential 24-hour domestic violence hotline, which connects callers to local shelters and help in English, Spanish, and 200+ other languages, and it trains and supports the more than 50 domestic violence programs across the state. It also offers legal advocacy for survivors, including those who are incarcerated.

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Alliance Recovery Center is an outpatient clinic in Decatur that helps adults recover from opioid and other drug addiction. They provide medication-assisted treatment (methadone and buprenorphine) along with individual and group counseling, medical monitoring, and peer support. You come in during morning hours to get your daily medicine and work with a counselor on staying in recovery.

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Veterans Counseling Veterans (VCV) is a veteran-led nonprofit based in Tampa, Florida that works to prevent veteran suicide and improve mental wellness for veterans and their families. They mostly help by matching veterans with the right counselor and offering peer mentorship, suicide-prevention training, and support programs, largely by phone and online. They are not based in Atlanta, but their referral and virtual services can reach veterans anywhere.

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Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services (ARMS) is a faith-based nonprofit that helps people heal from domestic and other abuse, always for free. Their Her Journey program is a 15-week support class for women, and they offer programs for men too. Atlanta-area residents can join classes online or at select in-person groups.

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