Addiction and mental health care in Alabama

Waypoint lists 351 behavioral health providers in Alabama, in 90 cities: 101 offer substance use treatment, 149 offer mental health care, 139 are recovery residences or sober homes, and 66 provide crisis services. 176 offer telehealth.

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Types of care in Alabama

Substance Use Treatment (101)

  • Outpatient SUD treatment: 80
  • Medication-assisted treatment (MAT / MOUD): 48
  • DWI & court-ordered programs: 34
  • Intensive outpatient (IOP): 31
  • Residential SUD treatment: 27
  • Adolescent SUD treatment: 27
  • Withdrawal management (detox): 18
  • Opioid treatment program (methadone): 16

Mental Health Care (149)

  • Co-occurring disorders (MH + SUD): 132
  • Psychiatry & medication management: 97
  • Outpatient therapy / counseling: 88
  • Couples & family therapy: 83
  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): 61
  • Trauma & PTSD treatment: 59
  • Assertive community treatment (ACT): 26
  • Inpatient psychiatric care: 25
  • Partial hospitalization (PHP): 24
  • Residential mental health treatment: 19
  • Eating disorder treatment: 15

Crisis Services (66)

  • Walk-in / urgent behavioral health care: 54
  • Mobile crisis response: 22

Housing & Sober Living (139)

  • Sober living / recovery residence: 139

Children, Youth & Family (48)

  • Children's community mental health services: 48

Medicaid work requirements in Alabama

Alabama has not expanded Medicaid, so the new federal work requirements do not apply to most adults here. People in addiction treatment and people with a substance use disorder or disabling mental health condition may be exempt. See who is exempt and what to do.

Cities with the most providers

  • Mobile: 32
  • Birmingham: 28
  • Huntsville: 28
  • Montgomery: 25
  • Dothan: 18
  • Tuscaloosa: 15
  • Decatur: 10
  • Opelika: 10
  • Anniston: 9
  • Hoover: 8
  • Phenix City: 8
  • Jasper: 6
  • Attalla: 5
  • Bessemer: 5
  • Florence: 5
  • Gadsden: 5
  • Guntersville: 5
  • Prattville: 5
  • Cullman: 4
  • Daphne: 4
  • Demopolis: 4
  • Fort Payne: 4
  • Luverne: 4
  • Madison: 4
  • Andalusia: 3

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Alexander City

Alexandria

Andalusia

Anniston

Arley

Ashford

Athens

Attalla

Bay Minette

Bessemer

Birmingham

Butler

Centerpoint

Centre

Centreville

Childersburg

Cullman

Daphne

Deatsville

Decatur

Demopolis

Dothan

Dutton

Eight Mile

Enterprise

Eufaula

Eutaw

Fairhope

Fayette

Florence

Foley

Fort Novosel

Fort Payne

Fruithurst

Gadsden

Geneva

Geraldine

Greensboro

Guntersville

Haleyville

Hamilton

Hartselle

Hoover

Huntsville

Jackson

Jacksonville

Jasper

Killen

Livingston

Luverne

Madison

McCalla

McIntosh

McKenzie

Meridianville

Mobile

Monroeville

Montgomery

Moulton

Newton

Northport

Ohatchee

Oneonta

Opelika

Opp

Oxford

Ozark

Pelham

Pell City

Phenix City

Prattville

Rainbow City

Scottsboro

Selma

Sheffield

Spanish Fort

Sylacauga

Talladega

Thorsby

Troy

Tuscaloosa

Tuskegee

Valley

Vestavia Hills

Warrior

Webb

Winfield

Woodville

Free help any time

  • Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
  • Call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for treatment referrals.
  • Call 211 for local services.

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In crisis? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In an emergency, call 911.