IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Hot-lines/Referrals  Self-Help Groups


Adult Protective Services Agency			(800) 992-1660
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (all counties)		(213) 413-1622
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 		(913) 262-6161
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	(202) 966-7300
American Academy of Psychoanalysis			(212) 475-7980
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 		(860) 242-5450
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry		(301) 654-7850
American Board of Forensic Psychiatry			(847) 945-7900
American Board of Psyhciatry and Neurology		(847) 945-7900
American Medical Association				(312) 464-5000
American Psychiatric Association			(888) 357-7924
American Psychoanalytic Association			(212) 752-0450
American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry		(972) 686-6166
Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists		(215) 925-5008
Better Business Bureau					(714) 985-8922
Black Psychiatrists of America				(510) 834-7103
CPT Billing Questions (CMA)				(415) 882-3331
California Alliance for the Mentally Ill		(916) 567-0163
California Child Protective Services			(916) 875-5437
California Department of Mental Health			(916) 654-2308
California Department of Corporations			(800) 400-0815
California (State of) Drug Enforcement (for triplicates)(916) 227-4247
California Medical Association				(415) 541-0900
California Psychiatric Association			(800) 772-4271
Child Abuse Hotline (L.A. County)			(800) 540-4000
CME  Accreditation					(415) 882-5182	
Consumer Affairs Department (State of CA)		(800) 344-9940
CP-PAC							(916) 442-5196
Department of Community and Senior Citizens Services	(213) 738-4004
Geriatric Abuse Reporting				(800) 992-1660
Info Line						(800) 339-6993	
Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP)		(310) 207-8441
Law Enforcement/Paramedics				911
Los Angeles County Medical Associatio			(213) 683-9900
Los Angeles County Mental Health			(213) 738-4961
L.A. Psychoanalytic Societ and Inst (LAPSI)		(310) 478-6541
MET (Mental Evaluation Team-L.A. Cnty Sheriff		911 or (213) 485-4188
Managed Care Hotline (APA)				(800) 343-4671
Medical Board of California				(916) 263-2635
Medi-Cal Field Office					(213) 897-0745
Medi-Cal Linkage Agency (L.A. County)			(800) 854-7771
Medicare Questions (Dept/Hlth Provider Srvcs)		(916) 445-4171
Medicare Questions (APA Hotline) 			(800) 343-4671
Medicare Questions (Transamerica Occidental Life)	(213) 742-3996
Mental Health Association, L.A. County			(213) 413-1130
Mental Health Association, Orange County		(714) 547-7559
Mental Health Association, Riverside County		(909) 684-6051
Mental Health Association, Santa Barbara County		(805) 569-1607
Mental Health Association, Ventura County		Defunct
Mental Health Information				(213) 738-4961	
National Institute of Mental Health			(301) 443-4533
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill			(800) 950-NAMI
NARSAD (Research on Schizophrenia & Depression)		(516) 829-0091
Orange County Mental Health				(714) 568-4463
Orange County Health Care Agency			(714) 834-4722
Riverside County Mental Health				(909) 358-4705
San Bernardino Behavioral Health			(909) 387-7171
Santa Barbara County Mental Health Care Srvcs		(805) 681-5220
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute		(310) 276-2455
Southern California Psychoanalytic Society		(310) 655-1634
Ventura County Mental Health				(805) 652-6737
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Srvcs			(202) 690-0257


HOTLINES/REFERRALS

AIDS Hotline (800) 922-2437 Al-Anon (800) 356-9996 Alcoholics Anonymous (323) 936-4343 Alcoholics Anonymous Info-Spanish (323) 735-2089 Alzheimer¼s Disease Association (323) 938-3370 American Red Cross (800) 540-2000 Anxiety/Agoraphobia, Jovicin Foundation of (805) 388-3857 Battered Wome n (Bilingual Hotline) (800) 548-2722 Be Sober Hotline (800) 237-6237 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (213) 894-4815 California Youth Crisis Line (800) 843-5200 Child Abuse Hotline and Reporting (800) 540-4000 Childhelp, Inc. (800) 4-A-CHILD Children of the Night (818) 908-4470 Cocaine Hotline (800) 262-2463 Cri-Help (24-hr. drug rehab referral) (818) 985-8323 Domestic Violence Hotline (805) 945-6736 Domestic Violence Hotline (also in Spanish) (800) 978-3600 Elder Abuse Hotline (800) 992-1660 Family Crisis Center (310) 379-3620 Gamblers Anonymous (213) 386-8789 Hearing Impaired Emergency Medical Services (800) 422-7444 Info Line (24-hours) (800) 339-6993 Info Line TDD (For the Deaf) (800) 660-4026 Los Angeles County Psychological Association (310) 477-0449 Mental Health Information Line (213) 738-4961 Narcotics Anonymous (818) 997-3822 MET (Mental Evaluation Team) L.A. County Sheriff 911 SMART (Special Mobile Ambulatory Response Team) L.A. Police Dept. 911 Rape and Battering Hotline (310) 392-8381 Suicide Prevention Center (310) 391-1253 Victim-Witness Assistance Program City of L.A. (213) 485-6976 Women Helping Women (213) 655-3807

SELF-HELP GROUPS

Adult Children of Alcoholics (310) 534-1815 AIDS Support (323) 936-4949
Alcoholics Annonymous Los Angeles (323) 936-4343 San Fernando Valley (818) 988-3001 Ventura (805) 389-1444 Riverside (909) 695-1535 Santa Barbara (805) 962-3332 San Bernardino (909) 825-4700
Alcoholics Anonimos Informacion Espanol (323) 735-2089 Alcohol and Drug Self-Help (Jewish Family Services) (310) 247-1180
Alliance for the Mentally Ill Los Angeles County (213) 413-1622 Riverside County (909) 369-1913 Santa Barbara County (805) 928-7147 San Bernardino County (909) 824-7337 Ventura County (805) 486-1382
Alzheimer¼s Association (800) 660-1993 Los Angeles Chapter (323) 938-3370 Riverside/San Bernardino (909) 370-0190 Santa Barbara (805) 563-0020 Ventura (805) 641-2426
Battered Women Support Group (services So. CA) (310) 379-3620 Blind Support Group (562) 945-8771
Cancer Support Group (American Cancer Society) Los Angeles (213) 386-7660 San Fernando Valley (818) 905-7766 San Gabriel Valley (626) 795-7774 Santa Clarita Valley (805) 298-0886 South Bay (310) 530-3692 South L.A. (562) 437-0791
Cocaine Anonymous Los Angeles County (310) 216-4444 Santa Barbara County (805) 969-5178 Inland Empire (909) 359-3895 San Fernando Valley (818) 760-8402 San Gabriel Valley (626) 447-2887
Debtors Anonymous (services So. CA) (310) 479-1098 Domestic Violence (800) 978-3600
Families Anonymous (drug abuse self-help group) Inland Empire (909) 689-6791 Los Angeles (213) 777-2491 Santa Barbara (805) 451-3195 Ventura (805) 644-1345
Gamblers Anonymous (International Service) (213) 386-8789 Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center (323) 993-7400
Greater Los Angeles Association for the Deaf (GLAD) Los Angeles (323) 478-8000 V/TDD Center on Deafness-Inland Empire (909) 359-5200 V/TDD Tri County GLAD (Ventura) (805) 648-4523 V/TDD
Incest Survivors Anonymous (562) 428-5599 Info Line (800) 339-6993 Info Line TDD for the Deaf (800) 660-4026
Jewish Family Services Adult and Children¼s Counseling Centers Canejo Valley (805) 379-2273 Metrowest (310) 858-8863 West Los Angele (310) 820-4111 South Bay (310) 540-6646 San Fernando Valley (818) 464-3333 Senior Services City Senior Service Building (323) 937-5900 Pico-Robertson Storefront (310) 271-3306 West Hollywood Senior Services (323) 851-8202 Valley Storefront (818) 984-1380 Specialized Services Alcohol Drug Action Program (310) 247-1180 Comprehensive Family Service (310) 820-0557 Family Violence Project (818) 908-5007 Gramercy Place Family Shelter (213) 387-1238 Mental Health Association (L.A. County) (213) 413-1130
National Eating Disorders Association (800) 931-2237
Narcotics Annonymous (818) 997-3822 Overeaters Annonymous (310) 280-0917 Panic Assistance League (local) (310) 374-7407 Panic Assistance League (national) (301) 231-8368 Panic Assistance-NIMH (800) 64 PANIC Parents Anonymous (services all counties) (909) 621-6184 Parents of Murdered Children (513) 721-5683 Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAININ) services all counties (800) 656-HOPE Sex Offenders Anonymous (services SCPS counties) (818) 244-6331 Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (310) 859-5585 In Espanol (213) 368-4814 SHARE-Self-Help & Recovery Exchange (310) 305-8878 Step Up On Second Street (310) 394-6889 Suicide Prevention Center (310) 391-1253 Toughlove (services U.S. and Canada) (800) 333-1069


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