Free and low-cost mental health support

Georgia Crisis and Access Line is a free, private hotline run by Behavioral Health Link. It is open all day and night, and anyone in Georgia can reach out. A professional counselor helps with any behavioral health need, helps you choose a provider, and can help set up appointments or a mobile crisis team.

Curator’s note: Georgia's crisis line for mental health and substance use, open day and night. Counselors answer and can send a mobile crisis team.

NAMI Georgia is the state group of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It runs a free, non-crisis HelpLine and offers classes, support groups, and presentations for people with mental health conditions and their families. It also helps people find local services and understand mental health insurance rights.

Curator’s note: Free support groups and classes for people living with a mental health condition, and for their families.

Grady's Behavioral Health Outpatient Center is part of Grady Health System in downtown Atlanta. Adults can get mental health evaluations, counseling and medicine management here, including help for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and drug or alcohol problems alongside mental illness. You can walk in for a consultation on weekday mornings or call to make an appointment.

Curator’s note: Evaluations, counseling and medicine for adults at Grady's outpatient center downtown.

CHRIS180 is an Atlanta nonprofit that has served children, adults and families since 1981. It offers counseling, foster care and adoption help, and housing and a drop-in center for young adults facing homelessness. You can call the helpline or fill out an intake form to get started.

Curator’s note: Runs The SPOT, a free drop-in center for ages 16 to 26 with counseling, meals, a clothing closet and help with school and jobs.

Mental Health America of Georgia is a nonprofit that teaches people about mental health and speaks up for better mental health care across the state. It gives trainings on suicide prevention, helping someone in crisis, and spotting mood and anxiety problems. It also runs a school puppet show program for kids, links to online mental health screens, and lists crisis lines and other help.

Curator’s note: Mental health classes, suicide prevention training and referrals to care across Georgia.

View Point Health is a public agency that helps people in the Gwinnett, Rockdale and Newton county area with mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities. New clients can walk in to an outpatient center for a first visit, and the crisis units are open day and night. Fees are based on family size and income.

Curator’s note: Public mental health and substance use care for Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale counties, with fees based on income.

All-1-Family is an Atlanta nonprofit that offers counseling for LGBTQ+ people and their allies. They offer individual, couples, family and group counseling, plus child counseling and groups for teens and for parents. Their goal is free to low-cost care, and you can ask to book a visit on their website.

Curator’s note: Free to low-cost counseling for LGBTQ+ people and allies: individual, couples, family and group.

Recovery Consultants of Atlanta is a nonprofit community health center. It has sites in Decatur and Tucker. It offers primary care, counseling, outpatient substance use treatment, HIV prevention and sexual health care.

Curator’s note: A community health center in Decatur and Tucker with counseling, substance use treatment and primary care. Uninsured patients can ask for a discount based on income.