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Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama in Athens, AL provides comprehensive mental health services for adults and children. Services include case management, outpatient care, day treatment, residential services, emergency services, and school-based mental health collaboration.

Clinic Type

Psychiatry

Address

1307 East Elm Street, Athens 35611

Phone

256-232-3661 | 800-365-6008 | Access to Care: 256-355-5904 | After Hours/Emergency: 256-355-5904

Email

amanda.somdal@mh.alabama.gov

Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Emergency Care

Yes

Services Offered

  • Adult Case Management
  • Adult In-Home Intervention
  • Adult Intensive Day Treatment
  • Adult Outpatient
  • Adult Rehabilitative Day Program
  • Adult Residential Services
  • Child/Adolescent Case Management
  • Child/Adolescent Day Treatment
  • Child/Adolescent Outpatient
  • Consultation & Education
  • Emergency Services
  • Juvenile Court Liaison
  • School-Based Mental Health Collaboration

Team

  • Lisa Coleman — Executive Director

Insurance & Payment

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Languages Spoken

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FAQs

What is the address and contact information for Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama?

1307 East Elm Street, Athens 35611; phone numbers: 256-232-3661, 800-365-6008, Access to Care: 256-355-5904, After Hours/Emergency: 256-355-5904.

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • Rehab.com: 3.17/5 stars (23 reviews)

Patients praise

  • Compassionate, kind, and helpful counselors/therapists
  • Comprehensive range of outpatient and community-centered services
  • CARF accreditation indicating established standards of care

Common complaints

  • Lengthy wait times for appointments and while waiting in the office
  • Difficulty with responsiveness, including not returning phone calls
  • Negative interactions with front desk staff
  • Frustration with administrative processes, such as appointment cancellations or scheduling errors
  • Concerns regarding medical care management and medication prescription policies

"Longest waiting time ever, for real. Literally, I have to wait for over 2 hrs just to be seen. Then my doctor acts all hurried up during our session as if it was my fault the receptionists don't know how to organize schedules"

— Rehab.com user review

"Counselors genuinely seem to care, Doctor can’t be bothered to be on site."

— Rehab.com user review

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 10, 2026.

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