Physical and Mental Health

988 Sui­cide & Cri­sis Lifeline

Phone # (Nation­al): 988

Notes: ​“24/7, free and con­fi­den­tial sup­port for peo­ple in dis­tress, pre­ven­tion and cri­sis resources for you or your loved ones, and best prac­tices for pro­fes­sion­als in the Unit­ed States.”

HIV/AIDS Hot­line

Phone # (Nation­al): (404) 876‑9944

Phone # (Atlanta area): (404) 870‑7700

Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol STD Hotline 

Phone # (Nation­al): (800) 232‑4636

Geor­gia Cri­sis and Access Line 

Phone #: (800) 715‑4225

Alco­holics Anony­mous Hotline 

Phone #: (404) 525‑3178

SAMHSA’s Nation­al Helpline

Phone #: (800) 662‑4357

DeKalb Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vice Board

Loca­tion: Decatur, Cham­blee, Lithonia

Phone #: (404) 892‑4646

Phone # (Cri­sis Line): (404) 294‑0499

Notes: Help for Men­tal Health, Addic­tion, Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties, Inte­grat­ed Health Services 

Near­est Branch: Decatur, Toco Hill, Cham­blee, Redan-Trot­ti

Met­ro­pol­i­tan Coun­sel­ing Ser­vices

Loca­tion: 2801 Buford High­way NE Suite 470 Atlanta, GA 30329

Phone #: (404) 321‑1794

Notes: Pro­vides low cost, slid­ing fee psychotherapy 

Near­est Branch: Brookhaven, Cham­blee

Med­Cu­ra Health

Loca­tion: Stone Moun­tain, Decatur

Phone #: (404) 298‑8998

Notes: Pro­vides pri­ma­ry care, podi­a­try, behav­ioral health, den­tal, infec­tious dis­ease, gas­troen­terol­o­gy, pre­scrip­tion assis­tance on a slid­ing fee scale 

Near­est Branch: Scott Can­dler, Stone Moun­tain, Clark­ston

Mer­cy Care Atlanta

Loca­tion: 424 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, GA 30312

Phone #: (678) 843‑8500

Notes: A fed­er­al­ly qual­i­fied health cen­ter and Atlanta’s only health­care for the home­less pro­gram (330h), Mer­cy Care accepts most insur­ance plans, Medicare and Med­ic­aid and offers a slid­ing fee scale based on house­hold income for the uninsured. 

Near­est Branch: Gre­sham, Decatur

Day League

Loca­tion: 204 Church Street Decatur, GA 30030

Phone #: (404) 377‑1429

Phone # (24/7 Hotline): (404) 377‑1428

Notes: Advo­ca­cy and sup­port for sex­u­al assault vic­tims includ­ing med­ical and legal accom­pa­ni­ment and no cost ther­a­py support.

Near­est Branch: Decatur

Geor­gia Men­tal Health Con­sumer Net­work

Loca­tion: 1990 Lake­side Park­way, Suite 100 Tuck­er, Geor­gia 30084

Phone #: (404) 687‑9487

Phone # (24/7 Hotline): (800) 297‑6146

Notes: Peer-facil­i­tat­ed recov­ery pro­gram­ming, sup­port groups, alter­na­tive treatment

Near­est Branch: Tuck­er, North­lake

Nation­al Alliance on Men­tal Ill­ness (NAMI)

Loca­tion: 4120 Pres­i­den­tial Pkwy, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA, 30340

Phone #: (770) 234‑0855

Phone # (Non-cri­sis Hot­line): (770) 408‑0625

Notes: Helpline is avail­able Mon­day, Wednes­day, and Fri­day 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Near­est Branch: Dorav­ille

Cen­ter for Pan Asian Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vices Cos­mo Health Cen­ter

Loca­tion: 6185 Buford High­way, Build­ing G Nor­cross, GA 30071

Phone #: (770) 446‑0929

Notes: Pro­vides pri­ma­ry and pre­ven­tive care; health insur­ance enrollment

Near­est Branch: Embry Hills