Crisis Services

The Nord Center’s Crisis Services offers crisis intervention services to any person in Lorain County experiencing an emotional or psychiatric crisis, including extreme feelings of despair, anxiety, stress, suicidal thoughts, assault, trauma and abuse. All services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Emergency Crisis Services

The Nord Center’s Emergency Stabilization Services (ESS) offers crisis intervention services to any person in Lorain County experiencing an emotional or psychiatric crisis, including extreme feelings of despair, anxiety, stress, suicidal thoughts, assault, trauma and abuse. All services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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24/7 EMERGENCY CRISIS HOTLINE

800-888-6161 – 440-204-4170

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MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
The Mobile Crisis Team provides on-site evaluation, treatment and crisis intervention to adults, adolescents and children in Lorain County experiencing a mental health crisis. Our team goes out to the person in need, so that the individual can remain in a comfortable environment. Evaluations can take place at any safe and private location such as a home, hospital or school as well as the ESS office on a walk-in basis.

DIAL 988
Callers can now dial 988 for mental health and addiction crises. These are non-life-threatening situations such as talking about suicide or planning to harm yourself; talking about harm to you or others; self-injury; depression, anxiety or other mental illness symptoms. A trained professional will answer your call, assist you over the phone and link you to additional care as necessary.

EMERGENCY CRISIS HOTLINE
The Emergency/Crisis Hotline is a confidential support, referral and crisis evaluation service. Trained mental health professionals answer the hotline 24 hours, 7 days a week. Utilized by family members, neighbors, friends, landlords, clergy or other persons concerned about an individual, the Hotline offers support, will aid in stabilizing the crisis situation as well as provide appropriate referrals. If further stabilization is needed, a referral for an emergency assessment is made to the Mobile Crisis Team.

Crisis Text Line

Ohio has launched a new system enabling anyone in crisis to text for help. The program allows people to text “4hope” to 741741 and receive a response within five minutes from a trained crisis counselor. An algorithm reviews text for severity, and messages that are determined to be from someone at imminent risk are placed at the top of the queue.

Texters will not be charged if utilizing a cell phone plan through AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, or Verizon, and nothing will appear on a phone bill. If your plan is with another carrier, standard messaging rates apply, and the short code 741741 will appear on your billing statement.

Text “4hope” to 741741

The program is the result of a partnership between the national Crisis Text Line and the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS).

Warm Line

The Warm Line is a confidential, consumer-run telephone service providing peer support, resource referrals, non-judgmental listening, and shared experiences of hope and recovery to anyone who calls. The Warm Line is perfect for those just needing someone to talk to who understands what they are going through.

Warm Line services are available: Monday through Friday, from 1:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

To speak with a Peer Support Specialist, please call 1.800.888.6161 and ask to be connected to the Warm Line.

 

To download our Warm Line flyer, click here.