Emergency & Community Mental Health Resources

If you or your child/student is not safe to themselves or to others, please consider one of these emergency service options:

In Needham:

• • Riverside Community Care 800-529-5077; Youth Mobile Crisis Unit website (see flyer below)

  • Go to your nearest emergency room: Newton Wellesley Hospital has a psychiatric emergency room.

In Boston:

• Go to your nearest emergency room:  Children's Hospital has a psychiatric emergency room.

• Boston Emergency Service Team (BEST) 800-981-4357

Other Mental Health Services:

• Needham Youth & Family Services 781-455-7500

• Good Samaritan  Samaritans, Inc. 877-870-4673

• The Bridge for Resilient Youth (BRYT) has a comprehensive resource list to consider.

• Riverside Community Care Child and Family Services

• Newton-Wellesley Hospital Resilience Project

• Samaritans  24-Hour Helpline:  1-800-252-TEEN (8336)

• Needham Health Department

• Jeff's Place(bereavement support)

• Care Dimensions(grief support)

• National Institute of Mental Health

• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

• Bridge Over Troubled Waters- Boston, 1-617-423-9575

• Women's Protective Services- Metrowest Rape and Domestic Abuse Help, 1-800-593-1125

• Call 2 Talk, crisis text line Text C2T to 741741

• National Mental Health Hotline information

• QARI, provide language-accessible and culturally-responsive outpatient mental health services to Asian immigrants and their families

**In the event of an emergency, please contact the Needham Police Department at (781) 455-7570,  call 911 or to to the following hospitals that have the capacity to facilitate mental health evaluations: Newton Wellesley Hopsital, Children's Hospital, Boston.