Behavioral health covers three main areas: mental illness, substance use disorder, and developmental and intellectual disabilities. This page breaks down what that care looks like, who provides it, and the terms you'll hear along the way.
A local provider offering outpatient therapy, psychiatry, and crisis services, funded to serve anyone regardless of ability to pay.
The clinical term for addiction. Treatment ranges from outpatient counseling to residential and medication-assisted programs.
Lifelong conditions, such as autism or intellectual disability, that affect learning, communication, or daily living, supported through specialized care and community programs.
Same-day or 24/7 response for someone in acute distress, including mobile crisis teams and crisis stabilization units, as an alternative to the ER.
Ongoing coordination of a person's care, benefits, and services across providers.
Support provided by someone with lived experience of mental illness or recovery, working alongside clinical staff.
Tap a question to expand it.
Hospitals treat acute emergencies short-term. Community providers deliver ongoing, local care, including therapy, medication management, case management, and support, so people can stay in their communities and daily lives.
Alabama's community providers serve people regardless of insurance status, funded through a mix of Medicaid, state funds, and sliding-scale fees.
Use the Find a Provider tool to search by county and service type: mental illness, substance use, or developmental disability support.
Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7 and free.
Search Alabama's 21 member providers by county and service type.
Meet Our Providers→