For mental health a crisis or emergencies, patients and families are encouraged to contact their current mental health provider first. This allows the mental health provider, who knows your child best, to provide support and direction.
If your child does not have a mental health provider, and they are experiencing a non-life threatening mental health crisis, you are encouraged to contact the Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC) at CCHMC 513.636.4124. The PIRC staff will help you to decide the most effective level of intervention for your child’s mental health crisis – which may include an urgent psychiatric assessment in the PIRC Bridge Clinic.
You should call 911 or go to the emergency department if you are experiencing a medical emergency, a life-threatening mental health crisis, or are directed to go there by a medical provider. This will help limit the spread of the virus in our community and allow our emergency departments to care for patients with the most critical needs first.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Crisis Support by Agency
This listing is the emergency and acute services contacts for providers who are already providing treatment to your child.
PIRC
513-636-4124
The Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC), located within Cincinnati Children’s, is the admission and evaluation center for all psychiatric services.
Urgent Care, Best Point Behavioral Health by The Children’s Home
513-527-3040
For children, teens and young adults up to age 21, the urgent care helps those who need immediate social or emotional care not rising to the level of going to the hospital.
Monday-Friday 3:00pm to 10:00pm
Lighthouse Crisis Center
513-961-4080
The Youth Crisis Center provides a safe haven for youth ages 10-17 who are physically or sexually abused, neglected, or for some other reason believe they can’t safely be in their own homes.
Drug and Poison
513-636-5111
The Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is a 24-hour emergency and information telephone service for anyone with concerns about poison or drugs.
Mobile Crisis Teams
Butler County Mobile Crisis
844-427-4747
Butler, Clinton, Preble and Warren County Mobile Response Stabilization Services (ages 0-21)
513-785-2160
Clermont County Mobile Crisis
513-528-7283
Hamilton County Mobile Crisis
513-584-5098
Grief Support
Companions on a Journey- Grief Support
513-870-9108
Offers support to anyone who has suffered the death of a loved one
Fernside- Supporting Children and Families Through Grief
513-246-9140
Offers groups for children and teens ages 3-18, who are grieving the death of a family member or friend.
