Behavioral Health & Counseling Resources

Along with aging comes the physical and lifestyle changes that may cause depression, anxiety, grief and loss, negative self-image, cognitive impairment and other psychiatric disorders that impair functioning. The Healthy Aging Program at Atlantic Health System recommends the following helpful resources for adults who are struggling to manage lifelong mental illnesses or age-related behavioral health issues: 

• Aging & Disability Resource Connection of New Jersey (ADRC)
  1-877-222-3737
  
  
• Atlantic Behavioral Health
  Atlantic Behavioral Health offers geropsychiatric services tailored to meet the needs of older adults who are facing or at risk of cognitive or mood disorders, such as psychosis, depression, dementia, anxiety or delirium.
• 1-888-247-1400
  
  
• Carrier Clinic
  Belle Mead, NJ
  Specializes in inpatient psychiatric treatment for patients 60 years of age or older who are experiencing psychiatric illness or behavioral disturbances from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
  1-800-933-3579
  
  
• Christian Health Care Center
  Wyckoff, NJ
  201-848-5500
  
  
• Family Connections – Senior Connections Program
  For Essex County residents
  973-675-3817
  
  
• Geriatric Mental Health Foundation (GMHF)
  301-654-7850
  
  
• Interregnum 
  For those coping with grief and loss
  973-224-6900
  
  
• Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ
  For residents of Morris, Essex and Hudson counties
  973-765-9050
  
  
• Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties 
  908-725-7799
  
  
• Medicare Provider Directory
  1-800-633-4227
  
  
• Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program at Overlook Medical Center
  908-522-6140
  
  
• Mental Health Association of New Jersey
  1-800-367-8850
  
  
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
  24-hour confidential hotline for those in suicidal crisis or emotional distress
  1-800-273-8255
  
  
• New Bridge – Senior Assistance for Independent Living (SAIL)
  For Morris and Passaic county residents who are 60 years of age and older
  973-839-2520
  
  
• New Jersey Self Help Clearinghouse
  1-800-367-6274
  
  
• Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center – Outpatient Older Adult Services
  Somerset County
  908-725-2800
  
  
• State of New Jersey – Division of Mental Health Services 
  1-800-382-6717
  24-hour suicide prevention line:  1-855-654-6735
  
  
• Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE) Program
  732-367-0611