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Crisis Stabilization Unit

** Insurance not required **

Gainesville: call 374-5600, follow instructions for “emergency services” (4300 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32614)

Outside Gainesville: call 800-330-5615, follow instructions for “emergency services” for your area.
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Crisis Stabilization Unit

** Takes private insurance **

4101 NW 89 Blvd, Gainesville
Main number (352)-265-5497
Admissions (352)-265-5481
Outpatient (352)-265-5424

Website click here

Law Enforcement Help

Phone 911

How to ask specifically for a "C.I.T. Officer" click here
for help in a crisis, or with involuntary committment (Baker Act), or for suicide attempt

How to Handle an Acute Mental Illness Crisis at Home

Crisis Center Hotline
&
Suicide Counseling

Alachua County Crisis Center (24/7): phone (352)-264-6789

National Hotline (24/7) phone 1-800-784-2433

Missing Persons

Alachua County Sheriff's Office

Business hours: (352)-367-4050

Weekends and after 5:30 pm:(352)- 955-1818



Free Medical, Dental, and Psychiatric Care
List for Alachua County

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Gainesville Opportunity Center

* Nonprofit to help with mental illness re-integration back into the community and job market *



Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Appointments

phone 352.265.HELP (4357)

Find a Gainesville Mental Health Provider

Psychiatrists

Counselors

Psychologists

Alachua County Jail

3333 NE 39th Avenue - Gainesville, Florida 32609

Jail Nurse (24 hour): (352)-491-2865
Jail Mental Health Counselor: (352)-491-4648
Jail Main Switchboard: (352)-491-4444


Alachua County Mental Health Court

Works with defendants arrested for misdemeanor offenses who are mentally ill or developmentally disabled. This program is designed to divert mentally ill and developmentally disabled defendants from jail.

Public Defender's Office for Baker Act Cases

Serving 8th Circuit (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy and Union Counties). This office will represent a Baker Acted mentally ill person in court at no cost to client. (352) 338-7370


Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc.

A local, non-profit corporation funded for the sole purpose of providing free civil legal services to low-income, eligible clients in seventeen counties of North Florida. 1-800-372-0936

FACT Team in Gainesville

Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) program

managed by
Mental Health Resource Center, Inc.
239 SW 7 Terrace, Suite B
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: 352-271-8605

click for National website

Meetings are every Tuesday,
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: The HONOR Center
1604 SE 3 Ave, Gainesville.
Click for Google Map
Easy parking in back off of SE Hawthorne Rd, just past “Fast Eddie’s” Restaurant.

More info contact Alee Karpf
(352) 548-1834

Victim Advocate Units


Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
(352)-384-3317


Gainesville Police Department
(352)-393-7683

http://www.unitedwayncfl.org/211_Info.aspx

Northeast Florida State Hospital
( NEFSH )

Click here for virtual tour of bedrooms, grounds, activities, and facilities.

Northeast Florida State Hospital
( NEFSH )

Video Clip- NEFSH Events 06-07

(The video clip is a Windows Media File.  It will begin to play after a few moments.  Not recommended for telephone dial-up interned connections.  You can also right-click and choose "save as" to download to your computer for later viewing.)

The Vines Hospital - Ocala
(old name was Ten Broeck)
3130 SW 27th Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34474
Phone: 866-671-3130


720 NW 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32609
Voice (352) 378-7474
Fax (352) 378-5582

Mental Health First Aid course
A
certified interactive session which runs 12 hours at Meridian in Gainesville. Click here for full description website link . Participants learn risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems. Course builds understanding of their impact and treatments, plus step-by-step skills to help a crisis. For local class enrollment, phone 374-5600 ext. 8187. Download brochure.

Street Card
homeless resources
in Alachua County

Info about free shelters, meals, street laws, etc. in Alachua County

click to download



UF Counseling & Wellness Center
Appointments & After-Hour Assistance
392-1575
Homepage click here...

"Special Needs" Estate Planning Attorneys
for family members with a mental illness diagnosis

Shanon Miller
of law firm of Miller & Brasington
Gainesville

Kevin Daly
of law firm of Scruggs & Carmichael

Gainesville

Special Needs Trusts Laws in Florida (general information)


Community Resources Lists

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President's Commission on Mental Health

   

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