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Behavioral Health Resources
Mental Health Board Co-Investor Resources
BJC Behavioral Health
1430 Olive Street, Suite 500
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 206-3764
www.bjc.org
BJC serves urban, suburban and rural communities; and includes 13 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.
MHB has invested in two programs:
- A program that helps consumers aged 18-25 not currently receiving mental health services to be engaged in and responsive to treatment.
- A program that helps consumers with serious and persistent mental illnesses experiencing elevated glucose levels or hypertension to achieve and maintain improved health.
Bridgeway Behavioral Health
1570 South Main
St. Charles, MO 63303
(314) 652-4200
www.bridgewaycounseling.com
Bridgeway strives to improve the mental, spiritual and physical health of the individuals and communities they serve.
MHB has invested in a program that helps consumers with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders with a history of treatment failure.
Employment Connection
2838 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 333-5645
www.employmentstl.org
Employment Connection assists individuals with limited opportunities to self-sufficiency through employment.
MHB has invested in a program that helps consumers who have held three or more jobs within the past 18 months or who may have been released from incarceration, presenting indications of behavioral health disorders, to obtain and sustain employment.
Hopewell Center
1504 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 531-1770
www.hopewellcenter.com
The mission of Hopewell Center is to improve the quality of life for the mentally disabled by decreasing the incidences of mental disabilities and their negative impact through hope, treatment and wellness placing special emphasis on the underserved and chronically mentally ill.
MHB has invested in a program that helps consumers with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders with a history of treatment failure to be engaged in and responsive to treatment.
Independence Center
4219 Laclede Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 286-4545
www.independencecenter.org
Independence Center is committed to providing a comprehensive system of high quality programs and services that assists adults in the St. Louis metropolitan area with serious and persistent mental illnesses to live and work in the community, independently and with dignity.
MHB invested in a program that helps consumers with serious and persistent mental illnesses who are reluctant to seek employment to maintain continuous employment for competitive pay.
Places for People
4130 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 535-5600
www.placesforpeople.org
Places for People provides individualized, high-quality and cost-effective services to adults with serious and persistent mental disorders so they can live, work, and socialize in environments of their own choosing.
The purpose of this program that MHB has invested in helps consumers with behavioral health disorders to live in safe, stable housing.
Preferred Family Healthcare
2639 Maimi, 4th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 361-1630
www.pfh.org
Preferred Family Healthcare continually strives to be a dynamic, caring organization united to assist others in achieving their potential.
MHB has invested in a program that helps consumers with substance abuse disorders with a history of relapses to reduce frequency and duration or relapse and avoid critical episodes.
Queen of Peace Center
325 N. Newstead Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 531-0511
www.qopcstl.org
The mission of the Queen of Peace Center is to provide holistic chemical dependence treatment to women and their families. What sets the Center apart is the focus on the women and their children. This approach provides necessary support to build strong families and prevent homelessness, unemployment, domestic violence, crime, inappropriate emergency room visits and child abuse.
MHB has invested in a program that helps parenting mothers engaged in substance abuse treatment to manage their condition and avoid behavioral health crisis or emergency.
St. Patrick Center
800 N. Tucker
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 802-0700
www.stpatrickcenter.org
St. Patrick Center provides opportunities for self-sufficiency and dignity to persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Individuals achieve permanent, positive changes in their lives through affordable housing, sound mental health, employment and financial stability.
MHB invested in a program that helps consumers with serious and persistent mental illnesses who are chronically homeless to remain housed in a supportive environment.
Mental Health Board Partnership Resources
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1706 E. Elm St.
P.O. Box 687
Jefferson City, MO. 65102
http://www.dmh.missouri.gov/ada
Other Resources
St. Louis "211" Information
dial 211 from a landline phone
Bureau of Justice Assistance, U. S. Department of Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/mentalhealth.html
Guidelines for Mental Health Courts from the National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org/position/mentalhealthcourts.cfm
Behavioral Health Response (BHR)
24-hour crisis hotline staffed by professional counselors
www.bhrstl.org
314-469-6644
Help with Gambling
www.1800betsoff.org
1-800-BETS OFF
1-800-522-4700
Life Crisis Service
24-hour hotline staffed by trained volunteers
www.lifecrisis.org
(314) 647-4357
Missouri Department of Mental Health - Eastern Region Office
www.dmh.mo.gov
(314) 877-0370
Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis
1905 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 773-1399
www.mhagstl.org
Educational literature, information and referral, educational/supportive services, systems advocacy, representative payee services, referrals for self help groups
Aid for Victims of Crime
4144 Lindell Blvd., Suite B20
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 652-9630
St. Clair County Call For Help
24-hour hotline staffed by trained volunteers
(618) 397-0963
Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association)
2000 N. Beauregard
Alexandria, VA 22311
1-800-433-5959
www.nmha.org
Mental Health America Information Center
800-969-NMHA
TTY 800-433-5959
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
(301) 443-4513
TTY (301) 443-8431
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
1-800-950-NAMI
www.nami.org
National Foundation for Depressive Illnesses, Inc.
P. O. Box 2257
New York, NY 10016
1-800-239-1265
www.depression.org
Mental Health Research Association (formerly known as NARSAD)
www.narsad.org
For more information on Schizophrenia and its effects:
www.schizophrenia.com
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/schizoph.cfm
For more information on Bipolar, log onto:
http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder
www.ndmda.org
For more information about advances in the treatment of mental health:
www.clinicaltrials.gov
For more information about Depression:
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
Depression in Women
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depwomenknows.cfm
http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Depression_in_Women.htm
Documents with suggestions for self help can be found at
www.treatments-for-depression.com/html/self-help.html
www.depression.org/howtohlp.html
www.depression.org/better.html
Helpful phone numbers:
Aging Information and Referral
1-800-235-5503
Aid for Victims of Crime – 24-hour hotline
314-652-3623
ALIVE – 24-hour hotline
314-993-2777
Domestic Violence Resources
314-533-1313
Elder Abuse/Neglect Hotline
1-800-392-0210
Eldercare Locator Help Line
1-800-677-1116
Legal Advocates for Abused Women
1-800-527-1460
Life Source Consultants
314-385-8588
Mid-East Area Agency on Aging
636-207-1323
Missouri Division of Senior Services
314-340-7300
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
New Life Style Program
314-531-5391
Parental Stress Hotline
1-800-367-9350
Prosecutor-Based Victim Services
314-622-4373
Rape and Violence End Now – Crisis Hotline
314-645-2075
Safe Connections (Women's Support and Community Services) – Crisis Hotline
314-531-2003
St. Louis Area Agency on Aging
314-612-5900
St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Service
314-622-4373
St. Louis City Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Abused/Neglected Children
314-552-2121
St. Louis Police Department's Child Abuse Unit
314-444-5385
St. Louis Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit
314-444-5812
St. Louis Police Department's Sex Crimes Unit
314-444-5385
St. Martha’s Hall – Crisis Hotline
314-533-1313
Social Services
TTD 1-800-735-2966
Social Services TTD/Voice Access
1-800-735-2466
United States Attorney's Office – Crisis Line
314-539-2200
Victim Service Council
314-889-3075
Victims' Advocates for Abused Women
314-444-5833
Weinman Shelter for Battered Women and Their Children – Crisis Hotline
314-423-1117
Women’s Safe House – Crisis Hotline
314-772-4535
YWCA Transitional Housing Program – Crisis Hotline
314-533-9400