Mental Health Contact Information
Please Note: SCPS does not make referrals. If you are looking for a psychiatrist and have MediCal (MediCaid), you may call 1-800-854-7771. There are a number of other referral options: You may try calling your primary physician, or your insurance provider. You may also check the internet, including WebMD. SCPS has not independently investigated any of these services. SCPS is not in a position to recommend or vouch for any referral service.
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IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Professional Contacts Hot-lines/Referrals Self-Help Groups
PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (all counties) (800) 854-7771
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (202) 966-7300
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (860) 242-5450
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (301) 654-7850
American Board of Psyhciatry and Neurology (847) 229-6500
American Medical Association (312) 464-5000
American Psychiatric Association (888) 357-7924
American Psychoanalytic Association (212) 752-0450
Better Business Bureau (714) 985-8922
California Alliance for the Mentally Ill (916) 567-0163
California Child Protective Services (916) 875-5437
California Department of Managed Healthcare (800) 400-0815
California Medical Association (415) 541-0900
California Psychiatric Association (800) 772-4271
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
Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP) (310) 207-8441
Law Enforcement/Paramedics 911
Los Angeles County Medical Association (213) 683-9900
New Center for Psychoanalysis (310) 478-6541
Managed Care Helpline (800) 343-4671
Medi-Cal Field Office (213) 897-0745
Medi-Cal Linkage Agency (L.A. County) (800) 854-7771
Medicare Questions (Dept/Hlth Care Srvcs) (916) 445-4171
Medicare Questions (APA Hotline) (800) 343-4671
Mental Health Association, Orange County (714) 547-7559
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 Health Care Agency (714) 834-4722
Santa Barbara County Alcohol, Drug & Health Care Srvcs (805) 681-5220
HOTLINES/REFERRALS
AIDS Hotline (800) 922-2437
Al-Anon (800) 356-9996
Alcoholics Anonymous (323) 936-4343
Alcoholics Anonymous Info-Spanish (323) 735-2089
Alzheimer's Disease Association (323) 938-3370
American Red Cross (800) 540-2000
Anxiety/Agoraphobia, Jovicin Foundation (805) 388-3857
Battered Women (Bilingual Hotline) (800) 548-2722
California Youth Crisis Line (800) 843-5200
Child Abuse Hotline and Reporting (800) 540-4000
Child Protection Hotline (L.A. County) (800) 540-4000
Childhelp, Inc. (800) 4-A-CHILD
Children of the Night (818) 908-4470
Cri-Help (24-hr. drug rehab referral) (818) 985-8323
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
211 L.A. County Social Services (800) 339-6993 or 211
Info Line TDD (For the Deaf) (800) 660-4026
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 (877) 727-4747
Victim-Witness Assistance Program City of L.A. (213) 978-2097
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
Santa Barbara (805) 962-3332
Inland/San Bernardino/Riverside (909) 825-4700
Alcoholics Anonimos Informacion Espanol (323) 735-2089
Alcohol and Drug Self-Help (Jewish Family Services) (310) 247-1180
Los Angeles County Department of Health (800) 854-7771
Ventura County National Alliance of Mental Illness (805) 641-2426
Alzheimer's Association (800) 660-1993
Los Angeles Chapter (323) 938-3370
Family Crisis Center (310) 543-9900
Youth Shelter (310) 379-3620
Cancer Support Group (American Cancer Society)
Los Angeles (213) 386-7660
San Fernando Valley (818) 905-7766
San Gabriel Valley (626) 795-7774
South L.A. (562) 437-0791
Cocaine Anonymous
Los Angeles County (310) 216-4444
Central California (805) 969-5178
San Fernando Valley (818) 760-8402
San Gabriel Valley (626) 447-2887
Domestic Violence (800) 978-3600
Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center (323) 993-7400
Greater Los Angeles Association on Deafness (323) 478-8000
Incest Survivors Anonymous (562) 428-5599
Jewish Family Services
San Fernando Valley (805) 379-2273 or
San Fernando Valley (818) 464-3333
Freda Mohr Senior Center (323) 937-5900 or
Freda Mohr Senior Center (310) 271-3306
West Hollywood Senior Services (323) 851-8202
Valley Storefront (818) 984-1380
Alcohol Drug Action Program (310) 247-1180
Gramercy Place Family Shelter (213) 387-1238
Mental Health America of Los Angeles (213) 413-1130
National Eating Disorders Association (800) 931-2237
Narcotics Annonymous (818) 997-3822
Overeaters Annonymous (213) 321-0337
Panic Assistance League (local) (310) 374-7407
NIMH Resource Center (800) 64 PANIC
Parents Anonymous (services all counties) (909) 621-6184
Parents of Murdered Children (513) 721-5683
National Sexual Assault Hotline (800) 656-HOPE
Sex Offenders Anonymous (services SCPS counties) (818) 244-6331
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (310) 859-5585
SHARE-Self-Help & Recovery Exchange (310) 305-8878
Step Up On Second Street (310) 394-6889
