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How mental health care works in Georgia
If you're in crisis right now — or someone you love is — call or text 988, or call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225. Real people answer 24/7, they can talk you through tonight, and they can send a mobile crisis team instead of police in many situations.
For ongoing counseling, Georgia's community service boards offer therapy and psychiatry on a sliding scale — you don't need insurance. Be ready for a waitlist for regular appointments; crisis lines never have one. Some nonprofits and training clinics offer free or cheap counseling with shorter waits — ask 211 what's open near you.
What to expect when you call: a screening conversation (10–20 minutes) about what's going on, then an intake appointment. Saying "I'm in crisis" moves you faster. You can ask for a Spanish-speaking counselor.
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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