Acute Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital

The Acute Psychiatry Service, or APS, is located within the MGH Emergency Department. They are a 24-hour service that provides diagnosis and treatment of acute psychiatric and neuropsychiatric emergencies. Phone: 617.726.2994

Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST)

The Boston Emergency Service Team or BEST sends mobile crisis clinicians to homes, schools, outpatient clinics and other community locations. BEST provides 24-hour response to adults and youth in need of crisis intervention for mental health and substance use concerns. The BEST team is made up of experienced, master’s-level clinicians, psychiatrists, family partners, certified peer specialists, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses and mental health workers. Phone: 800.981.HELP (800.981.4357)

Emergency Services Program Mobile Crisis Intervention

The mission of the Emergency Services Program/Mobile Crisis Intervention (ESP/MCI) is to deliver high quality, culturally competent, clinically and cost-effective, integrated community-based behavioral health crisis assessment, intervention, and stabilization services. There are 21 ESPs, covering every city and town across Massachusetts, providing services 24 hours per day/7 days per week/365 days per year. Phone: 877.382.1609

Postpartum Support International (PSI) of Massachusetts

PSI of Massachusetts staffs a help line where callers can receive confidential information, support and listings of local resources. Women and families can leave a message and a trained volunteer, often a professional and/or someone with lived experience, will return the call within 24 hours. Phone: 866.472.1897

Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) for Moms

MCPAP for Moms provides real-time, perinatal psychiatric consultation and care coordination for obstetric, pediatric, primary care and psychiatric providers to effectively prevent, identify, and manage depression and other mental health concerns in pregnant and postpartum women. Phone: 855.MOM.MCPAP (855.666.6272)

Massachusetts’s Women’s Health Network

The Massachusetts Women’s Health Network provides uninsured or under-insured women, 40 to 64 years of age, free screening and health care services, including mammograms, clinical breast exams, physical exams, pap tests, blood pressure and sugar levels, total and HDL cholesterol levels, and height, weight and body mass index. Phone: 781.388.4018

Jewish Children & Family Services

Jewish Children & Family Services’ Center for Early Relationship Support provides resources for both mother and child in the Boston area, including support groups for issues around postpartum depression and anxiety, difficulty breastfeeding, families facing sleep issues, etc. and offers referrals for therapeutic support and other resources. Contact them directly, or ask someone close to you to contact them, at info@jfcsboston.org or 781.693.5652.