Mental Health - MetroWest Center for Independent Living

General

Mass Behavioral Health Help Line – 833-773-2445 (can call or text) for both mental health and substance abuse help.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Rights – national organization for changing policies and laws for people with mental illness
MA Department of Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness – dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
- NAMI Massachusetts
National Empowerment Center – Mission: To carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people with lived experience with mental health issues, trauma, and extreme states.
The Transformation Center – A statewide training, peer support, policy and best practice center operated by and for people with lived experience of mental health, substance use and trauma recovery.
Samaritans Suicide Hotline – (877) 870-4673

Addiction Services

Narcotics Anonymous Drop In Center – 62 Kendall Street, Framingham , Meets: Wednesdays at 7:45 p.m., Mondays at 7 p.m
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings – Eastern Massachusetts
M2a-Lanon-Alat2en – The center is dedicated to treating and rehabilitating addicts. They created the blog so that you could learn and understand in more detail what alcohol addiction is and how to deal with it.
Genesis Counseling Services – Outpatient substance abuse treatment in Framingham
SAFE – a judgement free community organization relentlessly committed to educating and supporting those affected by substance use disorder and mental health concerns across southeastern Massachusetts.
- What Do We Do Now? – Navigating the Substance Abuse System in Massachusetts (2018)
Substance Abuse Navigator – 24 hour, one-stop support for those in crisis based in Milford
Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse
MA Substance Use Helpline – 800-327-5050 – 10pm Mon-Fri, and 8am-6pm weekends.
Phoenix House – substance abuse treatment agencies with locations in New England
Gosnold – addiction and substance use disorder treatment located on Cape Cod
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator

Addiction Resources

National Institute on Drug Abuse – NIDA is the lead federal agency supporting scientific research on drug use and addiction.
Partnership to End Addiction – National resources
Start Your Recovery – provides helpful information for people who are dealing with substance use issues — and their family members, friends, and co-workers, too.

Businesses

FYI: The following resources are “.com” websites – i.e. they are businesses. We felt that they have information that may helpful when trying to navigate and help addiction, but we did not evaluate them.