Welcome to East Central Mental Health Center
COVID-19 NOTICE
While we are still open, our buildings are closed to the public effective Monday, March 23, 2020 due to COVID-19 and for the safety of our clients and staff. Therapy and physician services are still being provided through telehealth. For injections or new appointments please call (334) 566-6022 and someone will assist you. Should you have a crisis, please contact our crisis line at (334) 566-3391 or 1-800-467-1208. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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Aphasia Affects Brain Similar to Alzheimer's, But Without Memory Loss
01/13/2021—A rare brain disease that causes loss of language skills doesn't lead to memory loss, a new study finds. More -
Pot Use Rises as Year Goes on: Study
01/13/2021—Here's a New Year's resolution that might be more common than you think: quitting pot. A new study suggests it might explain why marijuana use typically falls at the start of the year and then increases as the year unfolds. More -
AHA News: Sleep Disorders Plague Stroke Survivors – and Put Them at Risk
01/07/2021—People who have strokes or mini-strokes often experience a wide range of sleep disorders in the months that follow, a problem that can put them at increased risk for subsequent strokes, an analysis shows. More -
AHA News: Pandemic Pods Offer Social Relief, But There Are Risks
01/06/2021—"There's maybe a false sense of security with these pod arrangements," said Melissa Hawkins, director of the Public Health Scholars Program at American University in Washington, D.C. That's a serious issue as people grow eager for more contact, but vaccinations are months away for most. More
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Resources
Mental Health
Addiction and Sobriety
Alphabetic Topics List
Topics by Category
Addictions
Aging & Elder Care
Assessments & Interventions
Career & Workplace
Emotional Well-Being
Life Issues
Parenting & Child Care
Abuse
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adoption
Autism
Child & Adolescent Development: Overview
Child & Adolescent Development: Puberty
Child Development & Parenting: Early (3-7)
Child Development & Parenting: Infants (0-2)
Child Development & Parenting: Middle (8-11)
Child Development & Parenting:Adolescence (12-24)
Child Development Theory: Adolescence (12-24)
Child Development Theory: Middle Childhood (8-11)
Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses
Childhood Special Education
Divorce
Family & Relationship Issues
Intellectual Disabilities
Learning Disorders
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Parenting
Self Esteem
Psychological Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Conversion Disorders
Depression: Depression & Related Conditions
Dissociative Disorders
Domestic Violence and Rape
Eating Disorders
Impulse Control Disorders
Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
Personality Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Schizophrenia
Sexual Disorders
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Suicide
Tourettes and other Tic Disorders
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