Mental Health

 

Abuse Victim Hotline

500 Beach Street
Revere, MA 02151
866-662-4535

help@avhotline.org

Population Targeted: All ages

Program Description: toll-free hotline and confidential e-mail service provides free legal help and advice for victims of abuse

Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm

Wheelchair Access: Yes

Staff Languages: English (trying to offer more culturally diverse staff and documents)

Associated Costs: free


Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST)

25 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114
800-981-HELP(4357)

Target Population: All ages

Program Description: 24 hour emergency psychiatric services to children and adults in the communities of Chelsea, East Boston, Revere, Winthrop, and Boston; provides psychiatric evaluation, information and referrals, crisis intervention and treatment by master’s level clinicians and physicians who specialize in rapid response to those in psychiatric crisis; caller may be directed to B.E.S.T Urgent Care Center, a designated emergency department or a crisis intervention mobile team may be dispatched to the site of the crisis.

Mental Retardation Emergency Team provides emergency services to all Department of Mental Retardation clients in the Metro Boston Area.

MR Emergency Services
287 Broadway
Chelsea, MA 02150
(617) 884-HELP or (617) 884-4357
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Hours of Operation: Available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week

Wheelchair access: directed to site that is wheelchair accessible

Staff Languages: directed to site with staff or translation services

Associated Costs: Free, Mass Health, Commonwealth Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, uninsured


MGH Revere

300 Ocean Avenue., Revere, MA 02151
781-485-6000

300 Broadway Street Revere, MA 02151
781-485-1000

MGH Revere

Population Targeted: All ages

Program Description: Fully-licensed health center of Mass General Hospital. Offers primary care, mental health care, specialty appointments, nutrition services, OBGYN, speech/language development services, and laboratory services. Comprehensive community health services include interpreter services, patient financial counseling, domestic violence counseling, youth and child witness to violence counseling, refugee and immigrant health and mental health services, and HIV, asthma, cancer and smoking cessation programs.

Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 8:30am-8:00pm; Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Saturday 8:30am-12:00pm

Staff Languages: English and Spanish (translators available for Cambodian and Arabic)

Associated Costs: Many insurances accepted; Some community services are free, Free primary health care through financial counseling.

 


Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PAL)

45 Bromfield Street 10th Floor Boston, MA 02108
(617) 542-7860
PRN Line, Toll Free: (866) 815-8122
Fax:(617) 542-7832

info@ppal.net

Population Targeted: Families of children and adolescents with mental health needs

Program Description: (PAL) is an organization that promotes a strong voice for families of children and adolescents with mental health needs. PAL advocates for supports, treatment and policies that enable families to live in their communities in an environment of stability and respect.

Hours of Operation: Parent groups meet at Revere Counseling Center, 265 Beach St., 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Staff Languages: English, Spanish

Associated Costs: Free


 

Revere Counseling Center

North Suffolk Mental Health

265 Beach Street, Revere MA 02151
781-289-9331
1-888-294-7802 intake line for all sites (Boston, Chelsea, East Boston, Revere)

North Suffolk website

Population Targeted: Children, adults and families

Program Description: Provides services to children, adults and families in need due to emotional difficulties, substance abuse, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and mental illness by intervening with prevention, training, and education in over 70 programs. Supported Treatment and Resource Team is a home-based program, staffed by social and outreach workers, that meet with patients in their home to conduct a family evaluation and discuss family needs and goals. The Family Stabilization Team provides an intensive, short-term, and home-based therapeutic intervention and a wide range of services including crisis intervention, parent coaching, risk management, and home-based family therapy. Strengthening Families Program provides psycho-educational groups for young teens and parents focusing on communication and substance abuse prevention.

Hours of Operation: Tuesday through Friday, 8:00am – 7:00pm

Staff Languages: English and Vietnamese

Associated Costs: most insurances and sliding fee scale