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Personal Counseling 0203 James Hall Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 11210 E: bcpersonalcounseling@gmail.com P: 718.951.5363
All suicide threats or implied threats should be taken seriously. Bring the student to Personal Counseling (0203 James Hall, 718.951.5363); if Personal Counseling is not open, refer the student to a suicide prevention hotline (212.673.3000 or 212.532.2400) or any hospital emergency room.
Your safety and well-being is our most important concern. Because we are available only during specific business hours, we want you to know who you can call and where you can go for assistance at anytime (24 hours per day, seven days per week) in case you need help unexpectedly.
Call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room if you believe that you may be in danger of harming yourself or anyone else, or call campus security for immediate assistance: 718.951.5444 (24-hour).
Bellevue Medical Center First Avenue and East 27th Street C and D Building, second Floor New York, NY P: 212.562.4711 Hours: Mondays–Fridays: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Fee to be determined at time of appointment; will accept people with no funds.
Brookdale Hospital Emergency Room Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11212 P: 718.240.5761
Catholic Charities/Flatlands Guidance Center 2000 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY P: 718.377.5755 Contact: Fred Aiese, CSW/In-take Department Accepts Medicaid and Medicare, HIP and most insurance. Sliding scale based on income. Fees range from $25 to $90; first three sessions $40 each.
Coney Island Hospital Emergency Room 2601 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn, NY P: 718.616.4375
Downstate Mental Hygiene Association 370 Lenox Road, corner of New York Avenue Brooklyn, NY P: 718.287.4806 Hours: Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Contact: Steven Friedman, Director Cognitive-behavioral individual/group therapy. Phobia/Anxiety Clinic.
Fees range from $35 to $95, depending on income. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and Managed Care.
Heights Hill 25 Flatbush Avenue, third floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 P: 718.875.1420 Individual and group psychotherapy Contact: Susan Shuaman, Director Fees based on a sliding scale, minimum $10. Fees further reduced for students, including free medication for those eligible.
Interfaith Medical Center 1545 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213 P: 718.613.4195
Jewish Board of Brooklyn Family Services 1592 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 P: 718.258.1714 Contact: Paul Benkohl Services to children and teenagers and their families. Fee on a sliding scale based on ability to pay, starting at no fee for those with no funds.
Jewish Board of Family Services 2020 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11223 P: 718.676.4210 Fees: $25 to $35, based on income. Proof of income needed to establish fee. Various insurance accepted. Individual, family and group psychotherapy.
Kings County Hospital Emergency Room 451 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn, NY P: 718.245.5209
Long Island Jewish Hillside Hospital 75-59 263rd Street Glen Oaks, Queens P: 718.470.8300 Hours: Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Fee: Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and many types of insurance. If no coverage, evaluation is $37.
Maimonides Hospital 920 48th Street Brooklyn, NY P: 718.283.7879 Hours: Mondays–Fridays, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Fee: Medicaid, Medicare, sliding scale (if no proof of income is available at time of evaluation, the person is billed $225. This will be changed when proof of income is provided to hospital).
New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center 525 East 68th Street New York, NY 10065 P: 212.746.5454 Contact: Lore Stevens or Sandra Puk Free treatment (antidepressant medication, psychotherapy or both) for eligible participants.
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health The Center for Adult Psychotherapy 138 East 26th Street New York, NY 10010 P: 212.576.4190 Individual and group psychotherapy; specialized clinics for psychoanalysis, brief therapy, addiction, LD, gay and lesbian clients. Fees based on a sliding scale ($50–$100); in-takes $65. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and HIP.
Roosevelt Hospital 910 Ninth Avenue New York, NY P: 212.523.4000 Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Fees range from $30 to $185, depending on income. Accepts Medicaid and Managed Care. HMOs by referral.
St. Vincent’s Walk-in Clinic 144 West 12th Street New York, NY P: 212.604.8137/8257 Hours: Mondays–Fridays, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Fee: Medicaid and Medicare. Sliding scale of $19 to $95, based on ability to pay.
Shapiro Clinic/Brookdale Hospital Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11212 P: 718.240.5450 Hours: Mondays–Fridays, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Individual/group therapy; mobile crisis unit. Fees: Based on a sliding scale ($0–$30) for those within catchment area. Medicaid and pre-authorized Managed Care.
Sunset Park Mental Health Center 514 49th Street Brooklyn, NY 11220 P: 718.854.1851 Hours: Mondays–Fridays, 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Individual and group psychotherapy. Fees based on a sliding scale (minimum $15). Accepts Medicaid and most major insurance plans.
SUNY Health Science Center, Psychiatry Department 450 Clarkson Avenue, third floor, room A3-474 Brooklyn, NY P: 718.270.3078 Contact: Michael Berzofsky, Ph.D. Individual psychotherapy. Fees based on a sliding scale ($1 minimum); psychiatric consults $75.
Alliance for the Mentally Ill, New York 260 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12210-1312 P: 518.462.2000 or 800.950.3228
Anxiety Disorders Association of America 11900 Parklawn Drive, Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852 P: 301.231.9350 Information on treatment, self-help groups, and publications
National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association 100 LaSalle Street #5A New York, NY 10027 P: 212.241.8924 Offers educational materials and support. Depression Awareness, Recognition, Treatment (DART) Program
National Foundation for Depressive Illness P.O. Box 2257 New York, NY 10116 P: 800.248.4344; 212.268.4260
National Institute of Mental Health P: 800.421.4211 Educational materials and advocacy
National Mental Health Association P: 800.969.NMHA; New York office: 212.254.0333 Treatment referrals
New York State Psychological Association P: 800.445.0899 Referrals to psychologists in private practice in New York State.
