Crisis Resources

Emergency Services

In the event of a life threatening emergency dial 9-1-1

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline: Call or Text: 9-8-8

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a support helpline for people experiencing mental health or substance use emergencies. People can call (or text or chat) 9-8-8 to talk and to connect with services. 

Mobile Crisis Teams

Mobile Crisis Teams consist of mental health professionals dispatched to community locations to provide immediate assessment, intervention and treatment to people experiencing a psychiatric emergency. The teams provide services where the person is located such as home, work place, hospital emergency department, and others. Teams work in partnership with other community resources such as the police, crisis intervention agencies, shelters and others.

ALLEGANY COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

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. 

Mental Health Crisis – 301-723-5274 to speak with a Crisis Counselor

Domestic Violence ONLY Hotline – 301-759-9244

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Crisis Response System Warmline 410-768-5522 - 24 hours/7 days/week.

The Warmline provides Anne Arundel County residents in crisis with supportive assistance and linkages to various community resources.

Call the Warmline number to learn more about the services below:
Mobile Crisis Teams:

• Services are available 7 days/week/ including holidays
• Sunday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Friday & Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
• Hospital Diversion Hours Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community Outreach Team of Anne Arundel County (COTAA)

The COTAA primarily serves persons with mental health issues and unstable living arrangements.   
Services are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to Midnight  

Critical Incidents Stress Debrief:

Specialty trained persons are available to respond to manmade or natural traumatic community events and provide psychological intervention.

BALTIMORE CITY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. (BCRI)

Provides crisis services to adults experiencing a psychiatric crisis, in need of detoxification for chemical addictions, and who are dually diagnosed.

Hotline: 410-433-5175 410-752-2272 - 24 hours/7 days/week
Trained counselors provide information and referral to the network of human services in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Counselors also provide supportive counseling, dispatch emergency assistance and link callers with more intensive services. 

Mobile Crisis Teams
7 days/week from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

In-Home Support
Mobile Crisis teams help people remain in their community by making regular home visits to assess their needs and linking to services.

Residential Crisis Beds
BCRI operates 20 psychiatric crisis beds.

Addiction Services
In response to the growing need for addictions treatment services, BCRI provides a 10-day residential detoxification program for chemically addicted and dually diagnosed persons. 

Baltimore Child and Adolescents Response System
Crisis intervention services for children and adolescents. Call to learn more about crisis services.

Hotline: 410-433-5175 - 24 hours/day, 7 days/week

Child Mobile Crisis Team Services
Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

BALTIMORE COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Hotline: 410-931-2214 - 24 hours/day 7 days/week
Call to learn more about crisis services.

Mobile Crisis Teams
Services are available 7 days/week - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Urgent Care Clinic
Appointments for urgent mental health issues are available Monday through Friday 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Weekend hours vary. Call 410-931-2214 to make an appointment. There are two clinics located in Timonium and Randallstown.

In-Home Intervention Teams
Specialty mental health professionals provide in-home services on a temporary basis. The service is designed to help stabilize less urgent crises and provide linkages to on-going services.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Specialty trained persons are available to respond to manmade or natural traumatic community events and provide psychological intervention.

CALVERT COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Calvert County Crisis Hotline: 1-877-467-5628

Walden Crisis Hotline: 301-863-6661 24 hours/7 days/week

Emergency Psychiatric Services are provided through the emergency department below:

Calvert Memorial Hospital
100 Hospital Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-8144 or 301-855-1012 ext. 8144

Walk-in Urgent Behavioral Health Care Services

Calvert Crisis Response

Calvert County Health Department

975 N Solomons Island Rd Lower Level

Prince Frederick, MD 20678                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Calvert Crisis Response is a comprehensive crisis team available 24/7 to provide immediate, onsite access to behavioral health (substance use and/or mental health) treatment. With an office location and mobile treatment option, Calvert Crisis Response is here to serve our community members. The Calvert Crisis Response team, which includes a medical provider, a therapist, and a peer recovery specialist, helps to streamline access to behavioral health services, as well as provide same-day treatment for opioid misuse. Following engagement, case management services are initiated to help individuals engage in treatment and decrease the likelihood of future crises. 

CARROLL COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

CECIL COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Emergency Psychiatric Services - are provided through the emergency department below:

Union Hospital of Cecil County: 410-398-4000 - 106 Bow Street, Elkton, MD 21921

Domestic Violence & Rape Hotline: 410-996-0333

CHARLES COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Walden Crisis Hotline: 301-863-6661 24 hours/7 days/week

Emergency Psychiatric Services are provided through the emergency department below:

St. Mary’s Hospital
25500 Point Lookout Road
Leonard Town, MD 20650

FREDERICK COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Mobile Crisis Services 
Mobile Crisis Teams are available 7 days/week from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Services are available to residents of all ages throughout the county.
301-662-2255

Emergency Psychiatric Services are provided through the emergency department below:

Frederick Memorial Hospital
400 W Seventh Street
Frederick, MD 21701
240-566-3904

GARRETT COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

The emergency psychiatric services program is funded through the Garrett County Community Mental Health Center to provide crisis services to citizens after normal working hours, holidays and weekends.
Services are provided at the hospital below:

Garrett County Memorial Hospital through the emergency department
251 N. 4th Street
Oakland, MD 21550
301-533-4000

HARFORD COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Mobile Crisis Teams 410-874-0711 or 1-800-NEXT-STEP. 

Available 24 hours a day, the Mobile Crisis Teams respond to homes and the community to provide on-site mental health assessment and stabilization services. Counselors will work with the person in crisis to assess current needs and connect to supports and resources to establish safety and treatment in the least restrictive environment. To connect to a Mobile Crisis Team, contact 410-874-0711 or 1-800-NEXTSTEP.

Hotline/Warm-line

Staffed by trained phone counselors, you can reach someone 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-NEXTSTEP or 410-874-0711.

Counselors are here to assist people experiencing behavioral health crisis such as thoughts of suicide, depression, anxiety, psychosis, substance use disorders, and other behavioral health needs. Whether you are in immediate crisis, need help connecting to resources or just could use a supportive listener today, phone counselors are here to help.

More information on our full array of services can be found at: https://harfordmentalhealth.org/harford-crisis-response/

Overnight and after-hours crisis services: 443-643-1000 
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
500 Upper Chesapeake Drive
Bel Air, Maryland 21014

For walk-in crisis services the Klein Family Crisis Center is operated by Upper Chesapeake University of MD Hospital Center: The Klein Family Harford Crisis Center

The Klein Family Harford Crisis Center (KFHCC) and Office on Mental Health/Core Service Agency of Harford, Inc. collaborate to form the central point of access for crisis services in Harford County. For on-site crisis services, the KFHCC has walk-in services from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., 7 days a week. Located at 802 Baltimore Pike, Bel Air, MD 21014. Call 1-800-NEXTSTEP for more information.  

Harford Memorial Hospital (psychiatric evaluations)
5o1 South Union Avenue
Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078
443-843-5000

Urgent Care Clinic
The clinic can provide appointments within 48 hours for urgent cases requiring assessment and brief treatment. Contact the Mobile Crisis Team to schedule an appointment. 410-638-5248           

Critical Incident/Disaster Response Team
Specialty trained persons are available to respond to manmade or natural traumatic community events and provide psychological intervention.
Sexual Assault/Spousal Abuse Resource Center: 410-836-8430

HOWARD COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Emergency Psychiatric Crisis: 410-531-6677

Grass Roots Crisis Intervention Center
24-hour crisis intervention and supportive counseling hotline and walk- in crisis counseling for youth and adults. Individuals may call for a variety of reasons including SUICIDE, family and relationship problems, shelter needs, violent or threatening domestic situations, loneliness or depression, and chemical dependency issues, among others. Callers may remain anonymous. 

Mobile Crisis Services
Mobile Crisis Teams are a partnership among the Howard County Mental Health Authority, Howard County Police Department, and Grassroots. Services are available 7 days/week from Noon to 11:00 p.m.

MID-SHORE COUNTIES (Serving Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne, and Talbot)

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

1-800-310-7273 Same-Day Appointment
Mental Health Professionals provide appointments for Mid-Shore Participants with immediate needs. Services are located at For All Seasons, Inc. 300 Talbot Street, Easton, MD 21601

Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence 1-800-927-4673
Provides direct services for victims of family violence including a 24-hour hotline, crisis intervention, counseling, support group, emergency shelter, client advocacy, children's program, court accompaniment, information and referral.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

240-777-4000 - 24 hours/7 days/week to access Crisis services through:

Montgomery County Crisis Center
1301 Piccard Drive Rockville, Maryland 20850

Mobile Crisis Teams  
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight 7 days/week, including holidays.

Montgomery County Crisis Center Hospital Diversion Initiative:
On-site or telephone screening for adults in the emergency rooms who are at risk of state funded psychiatric hospitalization and linkage to services.

Critical Incident Stress Management:
24-hours, 7-days/week consultation and services at the Crisis Center or in the community. Specialty trained persons are available to respond to manmade or natural traumatic community events and provide support and interventions.

Residential Crisis Services (Triage and Evaluation Program):
Provides triage and evaluation beds to prevent hospitalization and link with ongoing treatment. The maximum length of stay is 72 hours.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

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: 301-731-1203

SAINT MARY’S COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Walden Crisis Line: 1-301-863-6661 24 hours/7 days/week. 

SOMERSET COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

In case of emergency after hours call: 410-651-2633

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

301-790-8688 - Emergency Psychiatric Services
Washington County Health System
251 East Antietam Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740

WICOMICO COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Emergency Psychiatric Services are provided through the emergency department below:

Peninsula Regional Medical Center: 410-543-7160
100 E. Carroll St., Salisbury, MD 21801.

WORCESTER COUNTY

Maryland Suicide and Crisis Hotline:  Call or text 9-8-8

Life Crisis Center (24 hours/7 days/week): 410-749-4357   

Go to the Emergency Department of the hospitals below:

Peninsula Regional Medical Center * Designated site for emergency psychiatric evaluations
100 E. Carroll St., Salisbury, MD 21801          
410-543-7160 or 410-546- 6400

Atlantic General Hospital * Works with the Mobile Crisis Response Teams
9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, MD
410-641-1100