Addiction and mental health care in Kentucky

Waypoint lists 594 behavioral health providers in Kentucky, in 147 cities: 406 offer substance use treatment, 404 offer mental health care, 98 are recovery residences or sober homes, and 161 provide crisis services. 472 offer telehealth.

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Types of care in Kentucky

Substance Use Treatment (406)

  • Outpatient SUD treatment: 365
  • Medication-assisted treatment (MAT / MOUD): 307
  • DWI & court-ordered programs: 284
  • Intensive outpatient (IOP): 174
  • Adolescent SUD treatment: 169
  • Residential SUD treatment: 71
  • Withdrawal management (detox): 54
  • Opioid treatment program (methadone): 30

Mental Health Care (404)

  • Co-occurring disorders (MH + SUD): 385
  • Outpatient therapy / counseling: 288
  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): 271
  • Couples & family therapy: 267
  • Psychiatry & medication management: 245
  • Trauma & PTSD treatment: 192
  • Assertive community treatment (ACT): 92
  • Eating disorder treatment: 82
  • Residential mental health treatment: 45
  • Partial hospitalization (PHP): 39
  • Inpatient psychiatric care: 24

Crisis Services (161)

  • Walk-in / urgent behavioral health care: 129
  • Mobile crisis response: 117

Housing & Sober Living (98)

  • Sober living / recovery residence: 98

Children, Youth & Family (223)

  • Children's community mental health services: 217
  • Psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF): 6

Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky

Adults covered by Medicaid expansion in Kentucky must meet new work requirements starting January 1, 2027, unless they qualify for an exemption. 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

  • Louisville: 56
  • Lexington: 44
  • Bowling Green: 24
  • Elizabethtown: 17
  • Ashland: 16
  • Hazard: 15
  • London: 15
  • Owensboro: 13
  • Paducah: 13
  • Covington: 11
  • Pikeville: 11
  • Hopkinsville: 10
  • Somerset: 10
  • Morehead: 9
  • Prestonsburg: 9
  • Campton: 8
  • Frankfort: 8
  • Beattyville: 7
  • Corbin: 7
  • Georgetown: 7
  • Nicholasville: 7
  • Whitesburg: 7
  • Winchester: 7
  • Danville: 6
  • Emmalena: 6

All providers in Kentucky

Albany

Ashcamp

Ashland

Barbourville

Bardstown

Beattyville

Beaver Dam

Bellevue

Benton

Berea

Bowling Green

Brandenburg

Bronston

Brownsville

Burlington

Cadiz

Calhoun

Campbellsville

Campton

Carrollton

Central City

Chaplin

Chavies

Clarkson

Columbia

Corbin

Covington

Cynthiana

Danville

Dixon

Eastern

Edmonton

Elizabethtown

Emmalena

Erlanger

Evarts

Falmouth

Flemingsburg

Florence

Fort Knox

Fort Mitchell

Fort Thomas

Frankfort

Franklin

Frenchburg

Georgetown

Glasgow

Gray

Grayson

Greensburg

Greenup

Greenville

Hagerhill

Hardinsburg

Harlan

Harrodsburg

Hartford

Hazard

Henderson

Hindman

Hodgenville

Hopkinsville

Hyden

Independence

Inez

Irvine

Jackson

Jamestown

Kirksey

La Grange

Lancaster

Lawrenceburg

Lebanon

Leitchfield

Lewisport

Lexington

Liberty

London

Louisa

Louisville

Ludlow

Madisonville

Mammoth Cave

Manchester

Mayfield

Mayking

Maysville

McKee

Middlesboro

Monticello

Morehead

Morganfield

Morgantown

Mount Sterling

Mount Vernon

Mount Washington

Munfordville

Murray

Neon

Newport

Nicholasville

Olive Hill

Oneida

Owensboro

Owenton

Owingsville

Paducah

Paintsville

Paris

Park Hills

Pikeville

Pineville

Pippa Passes

Pittsburg

Prestonsburg

Princeton

Providence

Radcliff

Richmond

Rush

Russell Springs

Russellville

Saint Catharine

Salyersville

Sandy Hook

Scottsville

Scuddy

Shelbyville

Shepherdsville

Somerset

South Shore

Springfield

Stanford

Stanton

Taylorsville

Tompkinsville

Vanceburg

Versailles

Warsaw

West Liberty

Wheelwright

Whitesburg

Whitley City

Williamsburg

Williamstown

Willisburg

Winchester

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.