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Call 911 to reach Police, Fire and Medical services in an emergency.
Emergency Medical Facilities:
Franklin
Square Hospital Center
9000 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21237-3998
443-777-7000, TTY: 443-777-7950; Emergency Department: 443-777-7046, TTY:
443-777-7994
Twenty-four hour psychiatric and behavioral health crisis intervention
hotline: 443-777-8444
Good Samaritan Hospital
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21239
410-532-8000, TTY: 410-323-1794; Emergency Department: 410-532-3830
Greater Baltimore Medical Center or GBMC
6701 North Charles Street
Towson, Maryland 21204
443-849-2000; Emergency Room: 443-849-2225
Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner known
as SAFE Forensic nurses provide care to victim of
sexual assault, collects forensic evidence and helps coordinate counseling
and support services. For information or assistance, call 443-849-3342 or
443-849-2226.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical
Center
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
410-550-0100, TTY:410-550-0316; Emergency Department: 410-550-0350
Northwest Hospital
Center
5401 Old Court Road
Randallstown, Maryland 21133
410-521-2200, TTY: 410-521-2531
Saint Agnes Hospital
900 Caton Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21229-5299
410-368-6000; Emergency Care: 410-368-2000
Saint Joseph Medical Center
7601 Osler Drive
Towson, Maryland 21204
410-337-1000, TTY: 410-337-1671; Emergency Department: 410-337-1226
Psychiatric consultants provide emergency psychiatric evaluations in the
Emergency Department. For information call 410-337-1580.
Sheppard Pratt Health System
6501 North Charles Street
Towson, Maryland 21285-6815
410-938-3800 or 410-938-3000;
Therapy Referral Service:
410-938-5000 or 410-938-3800 after hours; TTY: 410-938-3075
An Urgent assessment can be arranged by the
Admissions office at 410-938-3800. The Therapy Referral Service or TRS is a free, confidential
telephone service that will provide referral information for programs and
locations within the Sheppard Pratt System in addition to other community mental health resources. TRS is not a counseling hotline.
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215-5271
410-601-9000, TTY: 410-601-4900; Emergency Center:
410-601-8800, TTY: 410-601-5247
Patients identified as needing emergency psychiatric evaluation are assessed
and referred to the appropriate level of care, which includes inpatient
placement and outpatient service referral. 410-601-5457.
Hotlines:
First Call for Help - United Way of Central Maryland
Dial 211 which is not available on cell phones or
410-685-0525 for Greater Baltimore area; 1-800-492-0618 toll free throughout
Maryland; TTY: 410-685-2159 Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All other
hours dial Maryland Relay 711
Statewide, twenty-four hours, seven days a week, comprehensive information and referral
service.
Experienced staff members help callers explore their problems and connects
them to the resources that can help
with their situation. This service is free and confidential. Callers may
remain anonymous.
American Red Cross of Central Maryland
410-624-2000; Disaster Relief or Emergency Assistance: 410-624-2040
Emergency communication and assistance to military families, 1-888-737-4306
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week free emergency assistance to victims of fires,
storms, and other disasters. Provides emergency communications and
assistance to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
Baltimore Area Al-Anon Information Service
410-832-7094
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week answering service to help the family and friends of
the problem drinker.
Baltimore County and Carroll County Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Hotline
410-828-6390
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week hotline for sexual assault, rape and domestic
violence victims who need information and referrals for services offered in
the Baltimore and Carroll County areas. Trained counselors offer crisis
counseling and safety planning. Assists domestic violence victims seeking
shelter, victim advocate and legal options. Assists rape and sexual assault
victims requesting companion to accompany them to the emergency room.
Baltimore County Crisis Response System
or CRS
Mental health crisis hotline 410-931-2214
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week, crisis or suicide line to help citizens, providers and
emergency response personnel find appropriate information and resources for
mental health services, general community resources and crisis or suicide
prevention. Provides telephone triage and intervention,
in-home intervention for families, linkage to community treatment and
support, and a mobile crisis team.
Baltimore County Department of Social Services
410-853-3000
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week referral line to connect you to a wide range of
services and people who can best help you.
All reports of suspected child or adult abuse and
neglect, as well as all requests for services to families, adults or
adolescents are handled by this unit.
Baltimore Intergroup Council of Alcoholics Anonymous
410-663-1922
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week answering service for those seeking help with a
drinking problem.
Childhelp - National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-4-A-CHILD
or 1 800 422 4453
A nationwide service that provides confidential, assistance twenty-four hours,
seven days
a week to children who are being abused and want help, to frustrated parents
who are about to lose control and need help, to adults and children needing
a local telephone number to report cases of abuse and to adult survivors of
child abuse who are feeling unsafe or suicidal.
Family StressLine - The Family Tree
1-800-243-7337; Main Office 410-889-2300
Twenty-four hour crisis, 7seven days a week hotline staffed by trained volunteers which provides
support, crisis intervention and resource information about stress management and
child behavior management for family members during times of crisis and stress. The Family StressLine serves the
entire state of Maryland. This is a service of The Family Tree, which is
dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect
through education and support.
Grassroots Crisis Intervention
Center Inc.
410-531-6677, 1-800-422-0009 for the Maryland Crisis Hotline, TTY: 410-531-5086
Local crisis intervention services,
including suicide, are
available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Professional
counseling staff will listen, provide
support and make referrals. Crisis intervention counseling is available by phone or in
person for anyone in need of immediate assistance with a personal,
situational, or mental health crisis. Services are free of charge and
confidential. Additional services include in-house and cold weather shelter.
Harbour Pointe Gambling Hotline
1-800-LOST BET or 1 800 567 8238
A twenty-four hours, seven days a week confidential telephone answering service located
in Maryland that offers
crisis counseling, referrals to Gamblers Anonymous.
Maryland Center for Missing
Children
If a child goes missing, immediately call 911. Then call 1-800-MDS-KIDS
or 1 800 637 5437, an answering machine is available after hours or in an emergency
situation call the Maryland State Police Headquarters at 410-653-4200;
TTY: 410-486-0677
The Center provides assistance and supports the State Police and all law
enforcement agencies nationwide in locating a missing child. The Center
produces posters of the missing child for immediate dissemination and
coordinates a nationwide response by working closely with other Missing
Children Clearing Houses nationwide.
Maryland Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Crisis Hotline
1-800-422-0009
A confidential twenty-four hours, seven days a week, toll free hotline designed to meet
the needs of individuals in crisis. The Hotline works
from anywhere in Maryland, providing immediate assistance from trained local
crisis intervention counselors who are familiar with the available resources
in the county in which the person resides. Provides help for problems
such as suicide intervention, drug and alcohol abuse, physical and sexual
abuse, depression, loneliness, relationship difficulties and many other
issues.
Maryland Poison
Center
1-800-222-1222, TTY: 410-706-1858
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week, specially trained pharmacists and nurses offer
statewide telephone consultation in cases of accidental poisoning.
Narcotics Anonymous
1-800-317-3222
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week service for those individuals for whom drugs had
become a major problem.
National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678
Operates twenty-four hour toll free hotline for reporting leads on missing children.
National
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE or 7233, TTY 1-800-787-3224.
Twenty-four hours, seven days a week hotline available for victims and
anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety
planning, information and referrals to agencies in all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with
access to more than 140 languages through interpreter services.
National
Hopeline Network
1-800-SUICIDE or 1 800 784-2433
Trained crisis line workers answer calls from people who are depressed or
suicidal, or those who are concerned about someone else. Available
twenty-four hours
a day, seven days a week.
National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-RUNAWAY or 1 800 786 2929
Confidential and free twenty-four hours, seven days a week telephone service
for youth twenty-one years and under and their parents, that does not tell you what to do or give out advice.
The aim is to help you work through problems and find a plan of action. They
can help you get a message to your parents even while you're on the run.
Assists with food, shelter, counseling, medical
or legal help, or a ticket home. Provides crisis intervention, information
and
referral, and conferencing services to youth and their families through
national and local telephone switchboards.
National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK oe 1 800 273 8255, TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY or 1 800 799 4889
Twenty-four hour, toll-free service that provides immediate assistance to
individuals in suicidal crisis, a friend, or family member by automatically
connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental
health service provider.
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