Welcome to East Central Mental Health Center
East Central Mental Health Center is a public non-profit corporation governed by a eighteen member Board of Directors appointed by local governments under the authority of Alabama Act 310. The center is a comprehensive community mental health center providing mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services to the citizens of Bullock, Macon, and Pike Counties. Our professionally trained staff provides the highest quality direct care for persons with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Our mission is to provide quality mental health, intellectual disabilities, and substance abuse services within the limits of available resources to citizens of Bullock, Macon and Pike Counties, and assure that these services are provided with respect for the individual dignity and privacy in the least restrictive environment necessary to promote recovery.
News & Events
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Annual Board of Directors Meeting 2019
On April 18, 2019 East Central Mental Health held its Annual Board of Directors Meeting. More
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East Central Attends Macon County's 4th Annual Town Hall Meeting
The "State of the Youth" meeting was held on March 4, 2019 at the Tuskegee Municipal Complex. More
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East Central Mental Health trains police in first aid
ECMH completed a groundbreaking Mental Health First Aid training course for the Troy Police Department. More
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Students counter bullying with 'Positive Words'
This year’s Bullyproof Project sponsored a Bully Awareness Poster Contest. More
Featured Topics
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Addictions
Addiction is the repeated involvement with a substance or activity, despite the substantial harm it now causes, because that involvement was (and may continue to be) pleasurable and/or valuable. More
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Depression: Depression & Related Conditions
This center provides an in-depth look at Major Depressive Disorder by summarizing symptoms and diagnostic criteria according to the current standards, prevalence and course, historical and contemporary understandings of the causes of the illness, as well as diagnosis and treatment. More
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Latest News
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Domestic Violence May Have Risen Under Stay-at-Home Rules
06/03/2020—Domestic violence cases rose after Los Angeles and Indianapolis introduced stay-at-home rules to help stop the spread of COVID-19, researchers say. More
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Coronavirus Pandemic Spurring Mental Health Crisis, Especially in the Young
06/02/2020—The coronavirus pandemic is taking its toll on Americans' mental health, with more than 88,000 people developing anxiety or depression as a result, according to Mental Health America (MHA), a U.S. community-based nonprofit organization. More
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AHA News: Looking for Ways to Protect Against Pandemic PTSD
06/02/2020—"We're going to have many more mental health issues as time goes on," said Dr. Rima Styra, a psychiatrist at Toronto's University Health Network and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. "And people will refer to it as a mental health pandemic." More
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In a Pandemic-Stressed America, Protests Add to Mental Strain
06/02/2020—"For a lot of people, we might be reaching the breaking point in terms of the amount of stress and uncertainty we are experiencing," said Vaile Wright, the American Psychological Association's senior director of health care innovation. More
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Contact Us
200 Cherry Street
Troy, AL 36081
Phone: (334) 566-6022
Fax: (334) 566-5346
Crisis Line: (334) 566-3391 or 1-800-467-1208
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