Crisis Stabilization Unit

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare

(insurance not required)

Gainesville: call 374-5600, follow instructions for “emergency services” (4300 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32614)

Outside Gainesville: call 800-330-5615, follow instructions for “emergency services” for your area.

Crisis Stabilization Unit

ShandsVista

(takes private insurance)

4101 NW 89 Blvd, Gainesville

Main number (352)-265-5497

Admissions (352)-265-5481

Outpatient (352)-265-5424

Law Enforcement Help

Phone 911

Specifically ask for a "C.I.T. Officer"

(click here for explanation)
for help in a crisis, or with involuntary committment (Baker Act), or for suicide attempt

How to Handle an Acute Mental Illness Crisis at Home

Crisis Center Hotline
&
Suicide Counseling

Alachua County Crisis Center (24/7): phone (352)-264-6789

National Hotline (24/7) phone 1-800-784-2433

Missing Persons

Alachua County Sheriff's Office

Business hours: (352)-367-4050

Weekends and after 5:30 pm:(352)- 955-1818

Free Medical, Dental, and Psychiatric Care
List for Alachua County

Click here...

Gainesville Opportunity Center Clubhouse

(Work/job recovery center)

Street Card
homeless resources
in Alachua County

Info about free shelters, meals, street laws, etc. in Alachua County

click to download

Alachua County Jail

3333 NE 39th Avenue - Gainesville, Florida 32609

Jail Nurse (24 hour): (352)-491-2865

Jail Mental Health Counselor: (352)-491-4648

Jail Main Switchboard: (352)-491-4444

Alachua County Mental Health Court

Works with defendants arrested for misdemeanor offenses who are mentally ill or developmentally disabled. This program is designed to divert mentally ill and developmentally disabled defendants from jail.

Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc.

A local, non-profit corporation funded for the sole purpose of providing free civil legal services to low-income, eligible clients in seventeen counties of North Florida. 1-800-372-0936

F.A.C.T Team in Gainesville

Community Resources Lists

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Victim Advocate Units

Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (352)-384-3317

Gainesville Police Department (352)-334-3208

http://www.unitedwayncfl.org/211_Info.aspx

Northeast Florida State Hospital.

Click here for virtual tour of bedrooms, grounds, activities, and facilities.

Northeast Florida State Hospital

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The Vines Hospital - Ocala
(old name was Ten Broeck)
3130 SW 27th Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34474
Phone: 866-671-3130

720 NW 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32609
Voice (352) 378-7474
Fax (352) 378-5582

Mental Health First Aid course is a certified interactive session which runs 12 hours at Meridian in Gainesville. Click here for full description website link . Participants learn risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems. Course builds understanding of their impact and treatments, plus step-by-step skills to help a crisis. For local class enrollment, phone 374-5600 ext. 8187. Download brochure.

Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Appointments at UF Department of Psychiatry

phone 265-7041

President's Commission on Mental Health

Estate Planning for family members with a mental illness diagnosis

Shanon Miller
of law firm of Miller & Brasington
Gainesville

John Daly
of law firm of Scruggs & Carmichael
Gainesville

Special Needs Trusts Laws in Florida (general information)