301-429-2183 or 301-429-2185

24 hours/7 days/week

The Crisis Response System is for people experiencing a psychiatric crisis. Crisis services are available for adults, youth, and children 4 years and older. Services may include Mobile Crisis Team dispatch, In-Home family Intervention Team (IFIT) services, referral to residential crisis beds, linkage to psychiatric treatment services, and Critical Incident and Disaster Response and others. The above telephone numbers are used to obtain access information and receive referrals to the services below:

Urgent Care:

24 hours/7 days/week, including holidays – Appointments can be provided within 48 hours for urgent cases requiring assessment and brief treatment. Hours vary daily and include morning, afternoon, and evening hours.

Residential Crisis Services:

Residential Crisis services offer a 24-hour supervised environment for the purpose of preventing or shortening inpatient hospitalizations. Referrals to Crisis Residential Services can be made by hospitals, community programs, family members, and individuals.

Critical Incident Stress Management:

24 hours/7 days/week, including holidays

Specialty trained persons are available to respond to manmade or natural traumatic community events and provide support and follow up debriefing services.

Domestic Violence Hotline

1-301-731-1203

Youth Crisis Hotline and Maryland Crisis

1-800-422-0009

State-wide 24-hour crisis intervention and supportive counseling hotline for SUICIDE, family and relationship problems, shelter needs, violent or threatening domestic situations, loneliness, depression, chemical dependency issues, and others.