General Mental Health Information and Support
Psychiatric Emergency Services: Crisis Response Centers, Hotlines, Local Hospitals
Meetings
Medications and Therapy
Psychiatric Diagnoses
Smoking
Recommended Books
Community and Mental Health Centers
General Mental Health Information and Support
These sites contain mental health information and resources on both local and national levels.
Psychiatric Emergency Services
If you or someone you care about is having a psychiatric emergency, you can reach out to one or more of these services. You can go to your nearest hospital emergency room. You can call 911. You can call or go to your nearest Crisis Center listed below. You can call a hotline.
Crisis Response Centers
Hotlines
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or
1-610-649-5250
- Suicide and Crisis Intervention Line 215-686-4420
- Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
- National Drug Abuse Hotline 1-800-662-4357
- Panic Disorder Hotline 1-800-64-PANIC
Some Local Hospitals
- Bryn Mawr Hospital
130 S. Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-526-3000
- Lankenau Hospital
100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-645-2000
- Paoli Hospital
255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli, PA 19301
610-648-1000
You are not alone
Here are meetings for people with common concerns.
Medications and Therapy
All medications (and alternative treatments) have both potential benefits and risks.
Psychiatric Diagnoses
Wikipedia entries on psychiatric illness. You may use these as a starting point for information about particular illnesses.
Smoking
If you smoke, then stopping is the best medical treatment money can buy. Dr. Burock has trained at the UCLA/VA Smoking Disorders clinic to help life-long smokers quit. Call to schedule an appointment.
You may already know that:
- Smoking will cut 2.5 to 10 years off your life.
- Smoking a pack a day doubles your chances of a heart-attack.
- Smokers are 13 to 23 times more likely to get lung cancer.
- Male smokers are up to 26 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction.
Pennsylvania’s Free Quitline, 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669), is offered as a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the American Cancer Society. Call to begin treatment over the phone, or visit the website to find a counselor near you.
Pfizer sponsors a free web-based program (GET QUIT) to smokers attempting to quit with the medication Chantix. People taking Chantix can enroll online at www.chantix.com or call 1-877-CHANTIX
Recommended Books:
Treatments That Work Series – Scientifically-based, self and therapist-guided treatments for psychiatric problems.
- Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management
- Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring
- Coping with Chronic Illness
- Managing Chronic Pain
- Mastering Your Adult ADHD
- Mastering Your Fears and Phobias, 2nd Edition
- Master of Your Anxiety and Panic, 4th Edition
- Master of Your Anxiety and Worry
- Overcoming Your Eating Disorder, 2nd Edition
- Overcoming the Trauma of Your Motor Vehicle Accident
- Overcoming Your Pathological Gambling
- Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience
- Overcoming Insomnia
- Trichotillomania
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Organizing from the Inside Out – A practical guide to challenging disorganization
Community and low cost Mental Health Centers in the Philadelphia area
The website of your county should list low-cost treatment options for psychiatric illness. Some options are listed below. You may also contact your local NAMI chapter (listed above) to get information on treatment providers in your area.
Montgomery County Mental Health
1430 DeKalb Street
Norristown, PA 19401
Office Hours M-F, 7:30AM to 4:30 PM – 610-278-3642
Delaware County Office of Behavioral Health
20 S. 69th Street
Upper Darby, PA 19082
610-713-2365
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) 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
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