Oakland Mental Health

Oakland, California Mental Health

Assessing the needs of a troubled child or an adult can be very difficult. Whether your loved one is suffering from the pain of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a traumatic event in his or her life or perhaps he or she is in need of a psychiatric evaluation. Oakland’s Department of Human Services has the resources available. Through Oakland Mental Health the support for children can be found through their Shining Stars program. They also offer complete psychiatric services for adults and seniors on an outpatient basis. Oakland Mental Health has the staff and facilities to help in the recovery of substance abuse or a mental crisis through counseling, opiate replacement, and medication. They have experienced staff trained to deal with sexual abuse, PTSD and mental illness.

Shining Stars is an outpatient program for children and adolescents. Shining Stars works on site at some of the local elementary schools like Oakland and Emeryville. In addition to help for the children, Oakland Mental Health offers the necessary support and education for the parents and family members as well. They offer workshops in parenting, social skills and anger management. There is also support groups for teenage girls and an intense learning center for the upper grades. West Oakland Mental Health is located at 2730 Adeline Street Oakland, CA 94607.

Oakland does not have inpatient hospitals exculsive to mental health. The following are a few of Oakland’s outpatient resources:

Oakland Mental Health Clinic on the
Oakland Army Base
Phone: 510-587-3400

Alameda County Behavioral Health
568 W Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: 800-491-9099

Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
2000 Embarcadero Ste 400
Oakland, CA 94606-5300
Phone: 510-567-8100

Alameda County Behavioral Health Care
Services - Vocational Rehab Program
333 Hegenberger Rd
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: 510-383-1600

Asian Community Mental Health Services
310 8th St Ste 201
Oakland, CA 94607-6527
Phone: 510-451-6729

Center for Family Counseling
9925 International Blvd Ste 6
Oakland, CA 94603-2558
Phone: 510-562-3731

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, NAMI, offers meetings, education, and support groups for the mentally ill and their families in cities all across America. Some groups are offered to support family members of patients and others target specific illness’ like Depression, Bipolar Disorder, or Schizophrenia. Oakland Mental Health has a local office of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and they be contacted for meetings and support groups at 510-835-5010 or 510-835-0188, www.nami.-alamedacounty.org.

Oakland offers a shelter hotline; the number is 1-800-774-3583.

The Oakland Homeless Project operates their own shelter specifically for the mentally ill but they are limited to twenty four beds. You can reach them at 510-465-0881.

These emergency numbers are useful and should be kept in an easy to reach location when you are dealing with mental illness in your home. In the event of an emergency and you feel that you may be at risk of harming yourself or another person call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room immediately.