The Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency (AACMHA) is dedicated to ensuring that Medicaid recipients and other low-income, non-insured county residents who meet certain criteria have access to a wide range of quality mental health services.

There are numerous agencies involved in providing mental health care and many different words are used to describe services. If you don't understand what a word or term means click on our words to know page for more information.

Click on the underlined links to find out more about our mental health services, and who can receive them.  Information about local mental health providers can be located at www.networkofcare.org (under mental health, Maryland and Anne Arundel County).

If you are a provider or vendor, AACMHA invites you to visit our provider/vendor home page to access forms, requests for proposals, updates and other important information.

SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES

Hotlines for families and youth

Call 911 for immediate assistance in any emergency

Anne Arundel County Crisis Warmline

410-768-5522, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline

1-800-422-0009, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

National Suicide Prevention Hotlines

1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Anne Arundel County Public Schools Student Safety Hotline

1-877-676-9854, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Prevention resources on the World Wide Web

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/suicide/index.html

Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency

www.aamentalhealth.org

Anne Arundel County Department of Health

www.aahealth.org

Network of Care

            www.annearundel.md.networkofcare.org/mh/home

American Foundation For Suicide Prevention

www.afsp.org

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

www.sprc.org

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)

www.save.org

National Institute of Mental Health

www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml

Youth Suicide Prevention Program

www.yspp.org/