For a medical emergency, call 911 or head to your nearest hospital.
24/7 Crisis Hotlines
These hotlines are free and confidential. Call for yourself or someone you care about.
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline - Call or Text 1-833-852-6262, English or Spanish
988 National Suicide Prevention Hotline - Call or Text
Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere for any crisis
Want to understand more about your care options? View PSI's Resource "Understanding Intensive Treatment".
Baltimore & Towson - Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Urgent Care
Baltimore - Hopkins Psychiatry
Baltimore - UMD Psychiatry
Annapolis - Arundel Lodge Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Perinatal Psychiatry specific - closest are New York: Glen Oaks, NY – Northwell Health Perinatal Psychiatry Service and North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC – UNC Perinatal Psych Inpatient Unit
PSI keeps this list on their site of intensive treatment programs, a few of which specialize in perinatal mental health, in the US.
Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs are part-time, out-of-hospital programs, meaning you live at home and attend treatment during the day.
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Reproductive Mental Health Center - Baltimore, MD
UMD Perinatal Clinic - Baltimore, MD - 410-328-3522
General psychiatric IOPs at MedStar Harbor Hospital, Union Memorial, and Sheppard Pratt - care has been understanding to the perinatal period for others
Washington, DC
Mother-baby outpatient unit at MedStar Georgetown
Virginia
Reston Hospital Center - IOP Perinatal Program in Reston, VA - call (703) 538-2872
Richmond - Henrico Doctors Hospital Women’s Perinatal and Postpartum Mental Health Program IOP
PSI keeps this list on their site of intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs.
PSI keeps a directory of therapists and providers trained in perinatal mental health.
The Mental Health Association of Maryland hosts a list of in person support groups for new parents. You can also check with your hospital, pediatrician, Healthy Start, and local lactation providers.
Learn more about perinatal mental health conditions, symptoms, and treatment options at https://postpartum.net/perinatal-mental-health/
PSI Directory - Local and Online Mental Health Providers
Sondermind - Virtual Therapy & Medication Management
Seven Starling - Virtual Reproductive Therapy
Brightside Health - Find a Therapist
Psychology Today - Find a Therapist
With the barriers affecting access to treatment by members of diverse ethnic and racial groups, the Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to Black women and nonbinary individuals seeking therapy nationally.
211 - Maryland Health and Human Services Information and Referral Line
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Text en Español 971-203-7773
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