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.

• Adapt for Life
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Psychiatric Association (AMA)
• Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio
• Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology (CAPP)
• 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
• 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)
• Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services (OHMHSA)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  • Southwest Ohio
  • Northern Kentucky
  • Southeast Indiana
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• PsychCentral
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Find Treatment Locations
  • National Hotline

Treatment Centers

• 4 Drug Rehab (Treatment Center Search)
• Applied Behavioral Services
• Beech Brook
• Camelot Community Care
• Centerstone
• Central Clinic
  • Mental Health Access Point (MHAP)
• Child Focus
• The Children's Home of Cincinnati
• Community Mental Health Center (CMHC Southeast Indiana)
  • Crisis Services
• Cultivate Behavioral Health & Education
• Drug Rehab Hamilton
• Envision: Mental Health
• The Ion Center
• Key Behavior Services
• Life Worth Living (LWL)
• NewPath Child & Family Solutions
• NorthKey Community Care
  • NorthKey Emergency Services
• Positive Leaps
• St. Aloysius
• Talbert House
• Trumpet Behavioral Health

Residential Treatment & Rehabilitation

• Beckett Springs
• Bellefaire JCB
• Bellewood & Brooklawn
• Belmont Pines
• Buckeye Ranch
• Chileda (Wisconsin)
• Cumberland (Virginia)
• Foundations for Living
• Fox Run
• Glenwood
• Hillside Atlanta (Georgia)
• Holy Hill
• KidsPeace (Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maine)
• Laurel Heights (Georgia)
• Midwest Center
• Resource
• Sequel
• Southwood Psychiatric Hospital (Pennsylvania)
• Ten Broeck
• Valle Vista
• Village (Tennessee)
• Windsor Laurelwood

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