Breaking the blog rules
I know I'm supposed to keep my focus national here, to try to fool people into believing that I'm not actually obsessed with my hometown (as well as build a larger audience of people from, uh, Idaho and stuff), but I just want to provide a list of Philly-area mental-health resources, which people have been asking me for again. So here it is, along with a beach picture to remind you winter will end, someday. As soon as I can press a PW intern into service, I'll add links to the list. For now, you'll have to actually pick up the phone and make a call, or more appealingly, use Google. More after the jump.
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP). The referrals are available free of charge to residents of southeastern Pennsylvania, which includes Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties. 215-751-1800, ext. 228 or toll-free 800-688-4226, ext. 228.
Philadelphia Office of Mental Health Services
1101 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-2907
Telephone: 215-685-5460
Community Mental Health Centers in Philadelphia
John F. Kennedy Community MH/MR Center
112 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Telephone: 215-568-0860
Hall-Mercer Community
245 South 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 215- (215) 829-5433
Citizens Acting Together Can Help, Inc. (CATCH)
1409 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Telephone: 215-735-7435
The Consortium, Inc.
University City Counseling Center
451 University Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
and
Southwest Counseling Center
6408 Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19142
Telephone: 215-596-8163, 215-596-8000, ext. 229 (intake for both locations)
Children's Outpatient Services
26 South 40th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: 215-596-8300
Community Council for Mental Health and Mental Retardation
4900 Wyalusing Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Telephone: 215-473-7033
Dr. Warren E. Smith Health Centers
1006 West Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19133
Telephone: 215-226-7100
Community Organization for Mental Health and Retardation, Inc. (COMHAR)
3201 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Telephone: 215-427-5800
Intercommunity Action, Inc. (Interac)
6012 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Telephone: 215-487-1330
special service of Interac:
Mental Health Services for Deaf Consumers
Telephone: 215-487-2134
TTY: 215-487-7718
Northwestern Human Services
27 East Mount Airy Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Telephone: 215-248-6700
Dr. Warren E. Smith Health Centers
1315 Windrim Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Telephone: 215-455-3900
Northeast Community Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Roosevelt Boulevard and Adams Avenue
Orleans Building
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Telephone: 215-831-2800
People Acting to Help, Inc. (PATH)
8220 Castor Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19152
Telephone: 215-728-4600
Northwestern Human Services of Philadelphia
Benjamin Rush Division
11082 Knights Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154
Telephone: 215-632-9040
Private individual therapists:
For a Board-Certified Psychiatrist
Philadelphia County Medical Society
2100 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Telephone: 215-563-5343
For a Licensed Psychologist
Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists
Telephone: 215-885-2562
Services offered for a fee based on income:
Temple University Community Counseling Clinic
Weiss Hall,13th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Telephone: 215-204-7331
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Center for Brief Therapy
4190 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Telephone: 215-871-6487
Penn Council for Relationships
4025 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(services available in locations throughout SE PA)
Telephone: 215-382-6680
Philadelphia Mental Health Center
1235 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 215-735-9379
Local/Crisis Intervention:
Suicide and Crisis Intervention Center (24 hours): 215.686.4420
YES (Youth Emergency Service, 24 hours): 215.787.0633
Office of Mental Health-Mental Retardation (Acute Services Unit): 215.685.6440
Einstein (24-hour emergency): 215.456.7430
Psychiatric Crisis Emergency Service/Mercy Hospital (24 hours): 215.748.9525
Contact Careline for Greater Philadelphia/Crisis Line: 215.879.4402
Other resources:
Belmont Comprehensive Treatment Center: 215.877.2000
Asociacion Puertorriquenos en Marcha: 215.235.6788
Association for Developmental Disabilties (for young adults): 215.886.9990
Children’s Hospital/Child&Adolescent Psychiatric Dept.: 215.590.7555
Chidren’s Outreach Services Program: 215.508.3200
Friends Hospital: 215.831.1560
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Montco): 215.886.0350
Survivors of Suicide (support group for those who have lost a loved one through suicide): 215.545.2242
Gero (elderly) Psychiatric Center/Jefferson Hospital: 215.928.3021
Penguin Place Gay and Lesbian Peer Counseling: 215.732.8255
Charter Fairmount Behavioral Health System: 1.800.235.0200
Philadelphia Suicide & Crisis Cntr: 215.685.6440, 1101 Market, Seventh Floor
National helpline 1.800.SUICIDE
