Mental Health

 

 


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


Family Connection

Carol Lee Pepi, M.Ed., LMFT
10 Hermon Street
Winthrop, MA 02152
617-846-7571


Target Population: Please call for details

Program Description: Counseling and legal services for individuals, couples and families

Hours of Operation: Please call for details

Wheelchair access: Please call for details

Staff Languages: English

Associated Costs: Please call for details


MGH Revere

300 Ocean Avenue., Revere, MA 02151
781-485-6000 general information
781-485-6100 mental health
781-284-6427 Youth Zone

MGH Revere
MGH

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. Youth Zone: healthcare, counseling, education, nutrition, tutoring, recreational space and activities.

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.

 


North Shore Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Association

52 Crest Ave
Winthrop, MA 02152
617-846-7088

Target Population: Children, adolescents and adults

Program Description: Private group practice offering mental health services including the following: anxiety, depression, phobias, grief, support groups, coping with illness, medication evaluations, biofeedback, smoking cessation

Hours of Operation: By appointment

Staff Languages: English

Associated Costs: Most major insurances including HMO Blue, Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim & other insurances; do not take Fallon, Neighborhood Health or Mass Health/Commonwealth Connect Plan and do not offer sliding scale.


 

North Suffolk Mental Health

Revere Counceling Center
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


Pomodoro, Joanne T., LICSW

213 Pauline Street
Winthrop, MA 02152
617-846-4830


Target Population: Age 17 and older

Program Description: mental health services focusing on the following issues: eating disorders, family issues, elder issues, coping with illness, depression, performance/test anxiety

Hours of Operation: flexible, by appointment

Staff Languages: English

Associated Costs: Private pay only, sliding scale available


Riley, John, PhD

193 Main St
Winthrop, MA 02152
617-846-5669 (phone and fax)

Target Population: Children, adolescents and adults

Program Description: Individual, couple and family therapy; extensive experience with Attention Deficit Disorder, anxiety and panic disorder, developmental disabilities, grief counseling, depression, survivors of physical abuse

Hours of Operation: Monday – Thursday 8am- 9pm, Friday 8am-6pm, Saturday 8am-1pm

Staff Languages: English

Associated Costs: Most major insurances accepted Mass Health; sliding scale available