For Emergency Services
Resources For Emergency and Other Services in and around the DC/Maryland Area
Call 911 for immediate assistance.
Emergencies:
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (or text START to 88788)
National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988
The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth): 1-866-488-7386 or visit https://www.thetrevorproject.org
If you live in Montgomery County, Maryland, you can reach out to the Crisis Services 24-hour a day. 365 days a week. Call 240-777-4000 or walk-in 1301 Piccard Drive in Rockville (no appointment needed.)
The Mobile Crisis Team (MCT) can provide emergency crisis evaluations and they have 4 crisis beds. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/BHCS/CrisisCentermain.html
For 24-hour walk-in crisis services, you may go to the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) at 1905 E Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: Main: (202) 673-9319, Crisis Response Team (CRT): (202) 673-6495. Disclosure: I am employed at CPEP but in posting this contact I am not soliciting any clients, but providing an emergency resource only.
Other Services
For Washington DC:
If you live in Washington DC or you are a college student in Washington DC, and have not yet established care:
Walk-in to the 35 K Mental Health Clinic, 35 K St NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 202-442-4202.
Maryland:
Mental Health Resources that Accept Medicaid in Montgomery County, Maryland:
Cornerstone Montgomery 2 Taft Ct, Ste 200, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: 1 301-493-4200
Adventist Healthcare Outpatient Services 14901 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: +1 301-251-4500
Washington DC and Maryland:
If you live in Washington DC or Maryland and you are looking for a community clinic for primary care and mental health, check out Whitman-Walker.
They are LGBTQ allied. https://www.whitman-walker.org/.
Give them a call to see if they accept your insurance. Tel 202-745-7000