Resources

If you or someone you love is having a mental health crisis and you live in a rural area where no immediate access to services is available, or if you have no transportation, phone your local emergency room, personal physician, or pastor.

Mental health or crisis hotline, drug hotline, or suicide prevention center. Locally Voices of Hope can be reached at 406-453-4357 or 1-800-273-TALK, suicide hotline.
Hospital emergency room or 911

If you or someone you know could benefit from seeing a mental health professional, these resources can help you find the right care:

Your family physician or health care provider.
Mental health division of your local health department.
Community mental health center.
Employee assistance program provided by your employer.
Professional counselor who works in a mental health center, outpatient clinic, private or group practice, general or psychiatric hospital, or nursing home.
Pastoral counselor/member of the clergy.
Self-help or mutual support group.

Local Resources

Voices of Hope
406-268-1330 - Office
453-4357 Crisis Line
1-800-273-TALK, Suicide Hotline
http://www.gtc-mhc.org/voh/

Center for Mental Health
406-761-2100 Days and Evenings
http://www.center4mh.org

Directory of Health Care Providers

Benefis Healthcare – Behavioral Health
500 15th Ave. So.
Great Falls, MT
(406) 455- 2380

Jona McNamee
MSU- Cascade County Extension Services
1807 3rd NW
Great Falls, MT
(406) 454-6980

Directory of Therapists
Find a clinician in your local area through the Montana Mental health Association

State Resources

Shodair Children's Hospital
www.shodairhospital.org

Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
http://www.ybgr.org

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/

Montana State Hospital
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/aboutus/divisions/addictivementaldisorders/montanastatehospital/index.shtml

National Resources

Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Mental Health America
http://www.mha.org/

SAMSHA
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

Mental Health America
2000 N. Beauregard St. 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
301-443-4513 or 800-421-4211
http://www.mha.org/

National Mental Health Association
2001 N. Beauregard Street - 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
703-684-7722 or 800-969-6642
www.nmha.org

National Mental Health Consumers' Self-help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1207
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-751-1810 or 800-553-4539
www.mhselfhelp.org

American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209-3901
703-907-7300
www.psych.org

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
(formerly the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association)
730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610-3526
312-642-0049 or 800-826-3632
www.dbsalliance.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
703-524-7600
www.nami.org

Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline - 800-422-4453

If you have no personal insurance or mental health professional relationship , contact the Mental Health Center nearest you.

Eastern Montana (406) 234-0324

Western Montana (406) 728-6870

Helena area (406) 443-7151

So. Central Montana (406) 252-5658

If you have a problem with a legal issue , contact the MT Advocacy Program at (406) 449-2344 or the Mental Health Ombudsman's office at (406) 449-9669.

If you or someone you know has not received adequate care and treatment in one of Montana's in-patient facilities, phone the Board of Visitors at (406) 444-3995

The Montana Mental Health Association also has resource and educational information on a wide array of mental health and mental illness issues. These brochures are available at no charge. Additional information is available by phoning (406) 587-7774 in Bozeman.

Montana Mental Health Association
205 Haggerty Lane, Suite 170
P.O. Box 88
Bozeman, MT 59771

Phone: (406) 727-MMHA(6642)
Email: info@montanamentalhealth.org