Special Needs Resource Directory

Mental Health Crisis/Emergency

• Contact Us (Cincinnati Children's Psychiatry)
• NAMI Helpline (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
  • Local Crisis Resources (NAMI Southwest Ohio)

Making the right diagnosis, finding a mental health professional and obtaining health insurance coverage are the main challenges families face.

Cincinnati Children's provides various clinics and services to help patients and families with mental and behavioral health needs.

• Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Residential Treatment Program (College Hill Campus)
• Adolescent Care (Lindner Center of HOPE)
• Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DDBP)
• Social Services

We also recommend the following resources.

• Adapting for Life
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Psychiatric Association (AMA)
• Applied Behavioral Services
• Camelot Community Care
• Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio
• Centerstone Indiana
• Central Clinic
• Child Focus
• The Children's Home of Cincinnati
• Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology
• Community Mental Health Center (CMHC Southeast Indiana)
  • Crisis Services
• Envision
• Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS)
• Kentucky Division of Behavioral Health (DBH)
  • County Centers and Crisis Lines
  • Children’s Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Branch
• Key Behavior Services
• Life Worth Living (LWL)
• Mental Health Access Point (MHAP)
• Mental Health America (MHA)
  • Find an Affiliate
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio
    • Support & Resources
  • Resources for Immediate Response
  • Take a Mental Health Test
• Mental Health Care and Counseling (United Way)
• MindPeace
  • Community Provider Search
• Mobile Response & Stabilization Services (MRSS)
• NorthKey Community Care
  • NorthKey Emergency Services
• Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services (OHMHSA)
  • Crisis Services
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  • Southwest Ohio
  • Northern Kentucky
  • Southeast Indiana
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Positive Leaps
• PsychCentral
• St. Aloysius
• St. Joseph Orphanage
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Find Treatment Locations
  • National Hotline
• Talbert House
• Trumpet Behavioral Health
• Women's Crisis Center

Wraparound Programs

• Child Mental Health Wraparound Program (Indiana)
• Community Wraparound (Butler County, OH)
• High Fidelity Wraparound (HiFi)
• High Fidelity Wraparound (Clermont County, OH)
• High Fidelity Wraparound (Kentucky)
• National Wraparound Initiative (NWI)
• Wraparound Ohio

Mental Health Boards

• Brown County Community Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services
• Butler County Community Mental Health Board
• Clermont County Mental Health & Recovery Board
• Franklin County Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board
• Hamilton County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board
  • JOURNEY to Successful Living
• Kentucky County Board Search
• Warren and Clinton County Mental Health Recovery Services

Dual Diagnosis

• Ohio Mental Illness/Developmental Disabilities Coordinating Center of Excellence (MI/DD CCE)
• National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD)

Mental Health Parity Law

• Mental Health Parity by the American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) by CMS
• Parity for Mental Health Coverage by NAMI