Community-based Mental Health Services

Emergency and non-emergency mental health services for the city of Long Beach.

562-435-6711

This is an emergency and non-emergency hotline that operates 24 hours/day, 7 days/week as the entry point for mental health services in Los Angeles County. Services include deployment of crisis evaluation teams, information and referrals, gatekeeping of acute inpatient psychiatric beds, interpreter services and patient transport.

800-854-7771

Features two separate 24-hour psychiatric urgent care facilities. One part of the facility is for 12 adults and another accommodates up to six adolescents. Both feature a 24-hour nursing staff along with mental health therapists. The BHUCC also includes a Crisis Walk-In Center (CWIC) where clients can be evaluated and receive medications on a short-term basis until they’re connected to on-going psychiatric care.

310-221-6336

Individual, couple, family counseling, and psycho-ed assessment for children and adolescents is available for only $7.50 a session. The clinic provides educational and psychological services at a low cost while also serving as training environment for CSULB master’s degree students.

562-985-4991

Call OC Links, the BHS Information and Referral Line to access programs, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or chatting with a navigator online at:

855-625-4657

CA Hope Warmline assists Californians who are experiencing feelings of stress, anxiety and/or panic as a result of the pandemic.  This campaign seeks to both normalize feelings resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as provide resources for individuals who need help managing their feelings. These resources are also suicide prevention tools available to individuals and organizations.

(833) 317-HOPE (4673)

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services features a Crisis Prevention Hotline provides toll-free, 24-hour, immediate, confidential, culturally and linguistically appropriate, over-the-phone suicide prevention services to anyone, who is in crisis or experiencing suicidal thoughts. English and Spanish. Vietnamese counselors are available 8 hours a day with the availability to transfer to a multilanguage (interpretation of other languages is available upon request).

877-727-4747

NAMI Warmline provides telephone-based, non-crisis support for anyone struggling with mental health and/or substance use issues. Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. Live Chat available at:

877-910-9276

Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis, connecting people to trained Crisis Counselors.

Text “HOME” to 741-741  |  Text “STEVE” for people of color