Mental Health Care in Michigan

Mental Health Facilities by City in Michigan

The Michigan cities with the most SAMHSA-listed mental health facilities. All 148 cities are listed below the table.

Crisis and Support Lines in Michigan

Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org, any time. Each Community Mental Health Services Program (CMHSP) has its own crisis and access line. MDHHS is working to expand mobile crisis services across the state for all populations, and Michigan's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration sites are implementing mobile crisis programs.

• Michigan Crisis and Access Line (MiCAL): 988 · text 988 · 24/7
• Michigan Peer Warmline: 1-888-733-7753 (1-888-PEER-753) (Michigan Peer Warmline) · 7 days a week, 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.

• Michigan crisis services

Michigan's Mental Health Agency

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) oversees public mental health services in Michigan.

• Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)
• Find local services through Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)

Medicaid Mental Health Coverage in Michigan

Michigan's Medicaid program is Michigan Medicaid; Healthy Michigan Plan; MIChild. Medicaid services are offered through fee-for-service or through Medicaid Health Plans, and most people must join a health plan. Beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicaid Health Plan receive behavioral health services through the health plan, which is responsible for outpatient mental health services for enrollees with mild to moderate mental illness or whose severity has not yet been determined. Specialty behavioral health services are covered through the regional Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs), which manage provider networks that include Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs). Covered mental health services the state names include mental health services, mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, including behavioral health treatment (Healthy Michigan Plan), outpatient mental health services, including necessary screening, for mild to moderate mental illness, psychological testing, psychological and neuropsychological evaluation for mild to moderate conditions such as anxiety disorders and OCD, Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model services in primary care, inpatient stays in a psychiatric unit of a general hospital, psychiatric partial hospitalization, specialty behavioral health services through PIHPs and CMHSPs and substance use disorder treatment services. Some services are limited and may not be covered for beneficiaries age 21 and older, and some may require prior approval. People age 21 and older may have a co-pay for some services. All psychiatric admissions, continued stays and partial hospitalization admissions must be authorized by the local PIHP/CMHSP. Inpatient treatment in a freestanding psychiatric hospital is limited to beneficiaries under age 21 and age 65 and older.

• Michigan Medicaid; Healthy Michigan Plan; MIChild mental health services
• Michigan Medicaid behavioral health

Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs)

Mental health services in Michigan are coordinated through local Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs). Each CMHSP has its own crisis and access line, which 988 and MiCAL do not replace.

• Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs) in Michigan

Check a Therapist's License in Michigan

Before you start, confirm your therapist or psychologist holds an active Michigan license.

• Psychologists: Michigan Board of Psychology
• Professional counselors: Michigan Board of Counseling
• Social workers: Michigan Board of Social Work
• Marriage and family therapists: Michigan Board of Marriage and Family Therapy

Guides for Your Next Step

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