Daniel Boone Regional Library

Crisis Hotlines

• Mental Health Crisis Hotline (Burrell Behavioral Health)
  1-800-395-2132
• Mid-Missouri Crisis Line
  1-888-761-4357
  Columbia: 573-445-5035
• Suicide Prevention Hotline
  1-800-273-8255
• Veteran’s Crisis Intervention Hotline
  1-888-899-9377
• United Way 211
  From a cell phone dial 1-800-427-4626

Select Reading Lists

• Understanding & Coping with Mental Illness
• Mental Illness - Biographies & Memoirs

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Evaluation, Counseling & Treatment

• Arthur Center
  Provides outpatient behavioral health services and crisis intervention for youth and adults of east central Missouri (including Callaway County).
• Family Counseling Center of Missouri, Inc.
  Not-for-profit mental health service organization with both outpatient clinics and residential treatment centers in mid-Missouri.
• New Horizons
  Not-for-profit mental health program providing adult psychiatric services, assistance with medication, drop-in rehabilitation, structured substance abuse treatment programs and support for transition from homelessness.
• Missouri Psychiatric Center (Formerly Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center)
  Treatment services for “adults, adolescents, children and their families who are in crisis or who need a comprehensive diagnosis evaluation in an inpatient setting.”
• Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
  Not-for-profit center serving 30 Missouri counties with in-home psychiatric rehabilitation, out-patient mental health, substance abuse services and adolescent and adult residential treatment.
• University of Missouri Psychological Services Clinic
  Through the university’s Department of Psychological Services, the clinic provides outpatient counseling and therapy for children and adults in the Columbia area.
• Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
  Find information on Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome (PSTD), counseling and other support services for veterans, families and caregivers.
• Fulton State Hospital
  A regional long-term adult inpatient facility serving 31 counties in central and northern Missouri and providing “Maximum Security and Intermediate Security Forensic mental health services for the entire state of Missouri.”

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Local Resources & Support Organizations

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Columbia
  NAMI is dedicated to “improving the lives not just of individuals with mental illness, but of the entire family” and locally provides support group meetings and education services.
• Mental Health First Aid Training Program - Missouri Dept. of Mental Health
  A program designed to teach basic first aid interventions for common mental health problems (anxiety, depression, substance abuse, etc.) or crisis situations (suicidal behavior, drug overdose and the like).
• Missouri Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers
  Provides a complete listing of community mental health centers and alcohol and drug abuse treatment agencies in the state.
• Missouri Dept. of Mental Health
  The Division of Comprehensive Psychiatric Services (CPS) “is responsible for assuring the availability of prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation services for individuals and families requiring public mental health services throughout the State of Missouri.”

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National Resources & Information

• American Psychological Association (APA)
  Search by topic to find information on disorders, treatment and resources.
• AllPsych - DSMV-IV
  Provides authoritative definitions and diagnosis of mental disorders.
• MindFreedom International
  A non-profit organization focusing on treatment alternatives and human rights for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities.
• Mental Health America
  A non-profit organization working to inform, advocate and enable access to quality behavioral health services for all Americans.
• National Institute of Mental Health
  Information, reports and updates on treatment from government and privately funded research. Includes information on clinical trials, medications and statistics with many printable publications and fact sheets on frequently asked questions.
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
  Government agency providing mental health publications, data, a service locator and links to help hotlines.

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