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Established in 1995, Behavioral Health Response is a
private not-for-profit corporation that is the hub for an Access Crisis
Intervention (ACI) system that provides 24-hour access to mental health
services to the residents of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, and the
counties of St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Warren,
Iron, St. Francois, and Washington.
BHR provides confidential telephone
counseling to people in mental health crises as well as mobile outreach
services, community referral services, and critical incident stress
management (CISM). BHR's crisis hotline and mobile outreach services
are provided free of charge to the public by paid professional staff who
have master's degrees in their respective behavioral science disciplines.
You can also find out more about our clients' rights and
responsibilities here.
Please click here
to read the Notice of Privacy Practices for the Eastern Region ACI System.
The Eastern Region ACI includes crisis services provided by BHR, the
community mental health centers (the Administrative Agents or AA's), two
psychiatric hospitals, and two community-based supportive living
organizations (the Affiliates):
- Comtrea
- serves Jefferson County
- BJC
Behavioral Health - serves St. Louis County, South
St. Louis, Iron, St. Francois, and Washington counties
- Hopewell - serves St. Louis-North
- Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center - serves
adults
- Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital-serves
children and adolescents under 18
- Independence Center - Affiliate
- Places for People - Affiliate
Residents of the Eastern Region can reach the crisis
hotline at
314-469-6644 (St. Louis Local Calling Area)
800-811-4760 (Outside Local Calling Area)
314-469-3638 (TTY for the Hearing Impaired)
All crisis hotline services are free!
BHR provides crisis hotline services for the Southeast and
Central Regions of Missouri, serving many of the agencies affiliated
with MOCARS, including
- Bootheel Counseling, Sikeston
- Community Counseling, Cape Girardeau
- Family Counseling Center, Kennett and Poplar Bluff
- Mark Twain Area Counseling, Hannibal
- Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains
Residents of the MOCARS area can reach the crisis
hotline at
1-800-356-5395
University Behavioral Health Service Area call
1-800-395-2132
Family Mental Health Center Service Area call
1-800-833-3915
All crisis hotline services are free!
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