Addiction and mental health care in Massachusetts

Waypoint lists 779 behavioral health providers in Massachusetts, in 160 cities: 322 offer substance use treatment, 398 offer mental health care, 225 are recovery residences or sober homes, and 53 provide crisis services. 489 offer telehealth.

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Types of care in Massachusetts

Substance Use Treatment (322)

  • Medication-assisted treatment (MAT / MOUD): 239
  • Outpatient SUD treatment: 236
  • DWI & court-ordered programs: 137
  • Adolescent SUD treatment: 85
  • Residential SUD treatment: 84
  • Intensive outpatient (IOP): 74
  • Opioid treatment program (methadone): 60
  • Withdrawal management (detox): 52

Mental Health Care (398)

  • Co-occurring disorders (MH + SUD): 371
  • Outpatient therapy / counseling: 218
  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): 195
  • Couples & family therapy: 195
  • Psychiatry & medication management: 165
  • Trauma & PTSD treatment: 144
  • Partial hospitalization (PHP): 68
  • Eating disorder treatment: 55
  • Assertive community treatment (ACT): 41
  • Residential mental health treatment: 36
  • Inpatient psychiatric care: 16

Crisis Services (53)

  • Walk-in / urgent behavioral health care: 38
  • Mobile crisis response: 26

Housing & Sober Living (225)

  • Sober living / recovery residence: 225

Children, Youth & Family (132)

  • Children's community mental health services: 128
  • Psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF): 4

Medicaid work requirements in Massachusetts

Adults covered by Medicaid expansion in Massachusetts 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

  • Worcester: 63
  • Springfield: 28
  • Lowell: 26
  • Fall River: 25
  • Boston: 20
  • Dorchester: 19
  • Lynn: 18
  • Taunton: 18
  • Jamaica Plain: 16
  • New Bedford: 16
  • Pittsfield: 16
  • Brockton: 15
  • Framingham: 15
  • Roxbury: 15
  • Lawrence: 13
  • Plymouth: 13
  • Quincy: 13
  • Attleboro: 12
  • East Falmouth: 12
  • Fitchburg: 11
  • Haverhill: 11
  • Gardner: 10
  • Holyoke: 10
  • Greenfield: 9
  • Chelsea: 8

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Easthampton

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Fall River

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Feeding Hills

Fitchburg

Forestdale

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Georgetown

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Great Barrington

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Hanover

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Mashpee

Mattapan

Methuen

Middleboro

Middleborough

Milford

Millbury

Millis

Milton

Monterey

Natick

Needham

Needham Heights

New Bedford

Newburyport

Newton

Newton Upper Falls

North Adams

North Andover

North Attleboro

North Billerica

North Chelmsford

North Dartmouth

North Reading

Northampton

Norton

Norwell

Norwood

Orange

Peabody

Pittsfield

Plainville

Plymouth

Pocasset

Princeton

Quincy

Randolph

Raynham

Revere

Rochdale

Rockland

Rowley

Roxbury

Roxbury Crossing

Salem

Sandwich

Saugus

Shrewsbury

Somerville

South Weymouth

Southborough

Southbridge

Spencer

Springfield

Stockbridge

Stoneham

Stoughton

Swansea

Taunton

Tewksbury

Vineyard Haven

Wakefield

Walpole

Waltham

Wareham

Watertown

Webster

Wellfleet

West Roxbury

West Springfield

Westborough

Westfield

Westminster

Weston

Weymouth

Whitinsville

Whitman

Wilmington

Winchester

Woburn

Worcester

Wrentham

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.