If in Crisis
CRISIS
(410) 531-6677
If you are in a crisis, call the Howard County Mobile Crisis Team (MCT) at (410) 531 – 6677. MCT is a two-member team of mental health professionals whose primary objective is to assist people in handling and managing emotional, traumatic or psychiatric crises. MCT is available 9:00 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.
MCT responds to:
Sucide threats or attempts, intense family or parent/child conflict, psychiatric or behavioral emergencies, crisis situations and traumatic events, child/adolescents with serious emotional difficulties.
(410) 531 – 6677 also connects you to the Grassroots Crisis Intervention Hotline. The Hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Crisis Hotline: Text to 741741 and a trained crisis counselor will text you back. The crisis counselor assesses the situations and will initiate an active rescue by calling 911 in a case where someone is in danger. This includes suicides.
You can find more information about this at www.crisistextline.org
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Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(800) 273-TALK or (800) SUICIDE
NAMI Information Line
(800) 950-NAMI
The Information HelpLine is an information and referral service which can be reached by calling 1 (800) 950-NAMI (6264), Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., EST. Business callers, including those seeking particular NAMI staff members, should call 1 (703)524-7600.
https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
Additional Resources
CRISES AND SUICIDE
Girls & Boys Town National Hotline
(800) 448-3000
National Hopeline Network
(800) SUICIDE
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(800) 273-TALK (8255)
National Youth Crisis Hotline
(800) 442-HOPE (4673)
ALCOHOL
Alcohol Hotline
(800) 331-2900
Al-Anon for Families of Alcoholics
(800) 344-2666
Alcohol and Drug Helpline
(800) 821-4357
Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline
(800) 252-6465
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hotline
(800) 729-6686
Families Anonymous
(800) 736-9805
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline
(800) 622-2255
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Poison Control
(800) 222-1222
National Institute on Drug Abuse Hotline
(800) 662-4357
Cocaine Anonymous
(800) 347-8998
National Help Line for Substance Abuse
(800) 262-2463
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
National Domestic Violence Hotline
(800) 799-7233
National US Child Abuse Hotline
(800) 422-4453