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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