Physical and Mental Health

If you have a medical emergency please call 911 or go to the local Emergency Room.

HIV/AIDS Hotline

Phone # (National): (800) 458-5231

Phone # (Atlanta area): (404) 870-7700

Centers for Disease Control STD Hotline

Phone # (National): (800) 232-4636

Georgia Crisis and Access Line

Phone #: (800) 715-4225

Alcoholics Anonymous Hotline

Phone #: (404) 525-3178

DeKalb Community Service Board

Location: Decatur, Chamblee, Lithonia

Phone #: (404) 892-4646

Phone # (Crisis Line): (404) 294-0499

Notes: Help for Mental Health, Addiction, Developmental Disabilities, Integrated Health Services

Nearest Branch: Decatur, Toco Hills, Chamblee, Redan-Trotti

Metropolitan Counseling Services

Location: 2801 Buford Highway NE Suite 470 Atlanta, GA 30329

Phone #: (404) 321-1794

Notes: Provides low cost, sliding fee psychotherapy

Nearest Branch: Brookhaven, Chamblee

MedCura Health

Location: Stone Mountain, Decatur

Phone #: (404) 298-8998

Notes: Provides primary care, podiatry, behavioral health, dental, infectious disease, gastroenterology, prescription assistance on a sliding fee scale

Nearest Branch: Scott Candler, Stone Mountain, Clarkston

Mercy Care Atlanta

Location: 424 Decatur St. SE, Atlanta, GA 30312

Phone #: (678) 843-8500

Notes: A federally qualified health center and Atlanta’s only healthcare for the homeless program (330h), Mercy Care accepts most insurance plans, Medicare and Medicaid and offers a sliding fee scale based on household income for the uninsured.

Nearest Branch: Gresham, Decatur

Day League

Location: 204 Church Street Decatur, GA 30030

Phone #: (404) 377-1429

Phone # (24/7 Hotline): (404) 377-1428

Notes: Sexual Assault Recovery

Nearest Branch: Decatur

Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network

Location: 1990 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 100 Tucker, Georgia 30084

Phone #: (404) 687-9487

Phone # (24/7 Hotline): (800) 297-6146

Notes: Peer-facilitated recovery programming, support groups, alternative treatment