Serving Bullock, Macon, & Pike Counties
200 Cherry Street Troy, Alabama 36081 (334) 566-6022
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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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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Annual Board of Directors Meeting 2017
East Central's annual meeting was held in Tuskegee on April 20th, 2017. More
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Students counter bullying with 'Positive Words'
This year’s Bullyproof Project sponsored a Bully Awareness Poster Contest. More
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Regulation Cuts Could Benefit Mental Health Effort
GOOD NEWS: Commissioner Perdue says Trump’s regulation cuts could benefit mental health effort. 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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Sleep Apnea Patients Who Are Drowsy During the Day at Risk for Heart Woes
02/20/2019—People who suffer from sleep apnea and are very tired during the day may be more likely to develop heart disease, a new study finds. More
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Screen Time for the Very Young Has Doubled in 20 Years: Study
02/19/2019—The electronic babysitter is alive and thriving in the new digital age. More
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FDA Fell Short in Preventing Fentanyl Abuse Crisis, Report Claims
02/19/2019—Drug makers and federal regulators dropped the ball in tracking the use of a potentially deadly fast-acting form of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, putting thousands of patients at risk of a fatal overdose, a new study claims. More
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More Car Crashes Tied to Drivers High on Opioids
02/15/2019—The damage wrought by the opioid epidemic has spread to America's highways, with the percentage of fatal car crashes involving a driver who was high on the powerful painkillers tripling in the past 25 years. More
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