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Behavioral Health Resources

Pinellas County Human Service is proud to collaborate with community treatment providers to expand and enhance mental health and substance use services for residents of Pinellas County.  Our partners are committed to providing healing support to individuals.

Did you know?

Someone dies from suicide every 11 minutes — and for the first time in recent generations, life expectancy is decreasing due to suicide.1
 

In 2020, 29.3% (73.8 M) of Americans had a mental illness and/or substance use disorder.2
 
 

In Florida, 7,983 drug overdose deaths occurred in the 12-month period ending in January 2022.3 This is the highest number every recorded in 12 months.

Help Is Available

Care About Me

Navigating the complex and sometimes confusing healthcare system can be challenging. That’s why Pinellas County Human Services created Care About Me: Pinellas County’s new access line for mental health, substance use and addiction services.

Care About Me eliminates the guesswork of searching for local services by creating a space where residents or family members of individuals in non-crisis can call, text or chat in, confidentially speak with an experienced behavioral health specialist who can triage their needs, and get an appointment scheduled with a local provider.

If you’re a Pinellas County resident in need to these services, call or text “CARE” to 1-888-431-1998, and we’ll connect you with the services you need.

Additional Resources & Related Programs

Pinellas County Human Services works with our partners to locate and provide behavioral health services to residents.

Success Stories

Finding the Road to Recovery

Navigating Life’s Speed Bumps

A client in the Pinellas County Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program recently shared her journey to recovery recalling the various speed bumps along the way…read more.

I Want to Function…I Want to Thrive

Recovery Is a Process
A homeless man turned his life around and rebuilt relationships with his family through counseling and other help from the the Medication Assisted Treatment program (MATE)… read more.

MATE Helps Drug Users Kick the Habit

Recovering After 15 Years of Opioid Abuse
Despite health issues, a previously homeless MATE client is substance free and working toward full recovery. The Bayside Health Clinic referred a 35-year-old client to Operation PAR for medication-assisted treatment…read more.

#ODNOMORE

Overcoming Decades of Substance Abuse
A homeless man conquered a 46-year opioid addiction and rebuilt his life with help from Pinellas County Human Services and its community partners. The Bayside Health Clinic referred a homeless, 62-year-old man…read more.

Sources

  1. (Source:  CDC WONDER: Underlying cause of death, 1999–2019. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2020. https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html)
  2. (Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 2020 – Slides for the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (samhsa.gov)
  3. (Source: The Opioid Epidemic in Pinellas County – https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/57761bafd0aa459697ac4ebaf4aecb4f