CityView compiled a list of mental health care resources across Cumberland County and in neighboring areas.
To add a resource to this list, please contact mcasey@cityviewnc.com.
In crisis
If you or a loved one are in immediate crisis, call or text 988 for 988 Lifeline’s 24-hour hotline. This hotline will not automatically call the police or emergency services. For Spanish services, “call and press option 2, text “AYUDA” to 988 or chat online at 988lineadevida.org.”
The 24-hour statewide Peer Warmline can be reached at 855-733-7762. The Peer Warmline is a crisis resource staffed by peer support specialists who are people living with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
Alliance Health’s behavioral health crisis line is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can reach it at 877-223-4617.
Mobile Outreach, Response, Engagement and Stabilization, or MORES, is a team-based crisis intervention for those aged 3 to 21. Run by Communicare, Cumberland County’s MORES can be reached at 910-222-6079.
MORES also connects families with children in crisis to a licensed clinician, psychiatric consultation and other resources. It also provides up to four weeks of follow-up care.
For youth
The Hope Center for Youth and Family Crisis in Wake County is a behavioral health urgent care for youth. It allows families to avoid the emergency room in a behavioral health crisis by offering 24-hour crisis intervention and facility-based crisis service for those 5 to 20 years old.
For military
Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Liberty offers several mental health resources, including “24-hour on-call emergency care” out of its Service Member Behavioral Health program.
For veterans
Both the Fayetteville VA Medical Center and the Cumberland County VA Clinic provide same-day assistance with a host of mental health illnesses, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.
Longterm care
Cape Fear Valley Health’s Psychology Department provides individual therapy sessions tailored to adults experiencing mood and anxiety disorders. The health system also has Behavioral Health Care Services, including an inpatient adult unit and a psych emergency department. The Cape Fear Valley Medical Center also offers outpatient services at its Community Mental Health Center.
SouthLight Healthcare’s Fayetteville office provides an assertive community treatment team that offers therapeutic and mental health treatments, family support education and peer support services. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For youth
Thirty-seven of Cumberland County’s schools partnered with local mental health agencies to connect families with behavioral health services. Those agencies are Carolina Outreach, Family Services of America and Youth Extensions. A list of participating schools is available on Cumberland County Schools’ Behavioral Health website. Families are required to have insurance.
Support groups
The National Alliance for Mental Illnesses Cumberland, Harnett and Lee Counties chapter offers a Connection Recovery Support Group. The group is a free, 90-minute peer-led mental illness recovery support group for anyone 18 years or older.
The alliance also provides a support group for the loved ones of those with mental illnesses called the NAMI Family Support Group. Those looking to join Cumberland County’s NAMI groups can fill out a program interest form on NAMI’s website.
For youth
Provided by Cumberland County Schools, Alongside is an AI chatbot that provides 24-hour mental health support to middle and high schoolers. Joining the app requires parental permission.
For military
The U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program hosts seminars and workshops and provides counseling and intervention services for soldiers and their families surrounding military life and its unique challenges. Subprograms include the New Parent Support Program, Transitional Compensation Program for Abused Dependents and the Victim Advocacy Program.
Other resources can be found by calling 211 or through NC 211’s online directory.
CityView Reporter Morgan Casey is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. Morgan’s reporting focuses on health care issues in and around Cumberland County and can be supported through the CityView News Fund.