CED Mental Health Center | Cherokee * Etowah * Dekalb ...
Behavioral Health • Fort Payne, AL
About
CED Mental Health Center (Etowah-DeKalb-Cherokee Mental Health Board, Inc.) is a private hospitals and health care organization providing public and private funded mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services. Headquartered in Gadsden, Alabama, the center serves over 5,000 yearly consumers and operates three offices in Alabama (Gadsden, Centre, and Florence). The organization emphasizes dignity, respect, and healing in its care. Key facts: - Industry: Hospitals and Health Care; Mental health and substance abuse services - Locations: 3 offices in Alabama (Gadsden, Centre, Florence) - Contact: multiple phone numbers listed; main homepage cedmentalhealth.org - Workforce: 3 employees (limited staff), with medical focus - Web presence: monthly visits ~1,956, low global rank (~5.9M), bounce rate 0.3% - Aliases: Riverbend Center for Mental Health; ced mental health; etowah-dekalb-cherokee mental health board, inc If you’re seeking services in Cherokee, Etowah, or Dekalb counties (Fort Payne area), this board operates within that region to deliver mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs.
Clinic Type
Behavioral Health
Address
901 GOODYEAR AVE, Gadsden, Alabama 35903, us
Phone
2564927800
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Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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Emergency Care
24 Hour Assistance Please Call 256.492.7800
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Rehab.com: 2.07/5 (15 reviews) (15)
- Rehab.com: 2.83/5 (12 reviews) (12)
- Google (as cited by Best-rehabs.com): 1.8/5 (13 reviews) (13)
Patients praise
- Some consumers report positive impacts on family quality of life
- Considered cost-efficient for the local area
- Seen as effective for basic services by some users
Common complaints
- Difficulty contacting staff and lack of returned phone calls
- Concerns regarding management, professionalism, and workplace culture
- Complaints about long wait times and high staff turnover
- Issues with continuity of care and understaffing
- Perceived lack of personalized treatment (viewed as "a file, not a person")
"This office absolutely does not know how to return phone calls. ... So I am still waiting on that call back needless to say I never got my meds fix."
— Rehab.com user review"Management was horrible, mean, and unprofessional. Management did not care about concerns for personal safety and spoke ill of clients and their families."
— Indeed employee review"Mismanaged. Terribly difficult to contact health care professionals. High turnover. Continuity of care is a constant battle. Understaffed."
— Best-rehabs.com user review summarySynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Auburn Morgan — Dec 28, 2025
- Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Hosts Adolescent Mental Health Training by NASRO - WEIS | Local & Area News, Sports, & Weather — Oct 16, 2025
- EAH holds grand opening of Center for Mental Health | News | auburnvillager.com — Dec 24, 2025
- DeKalb County Commission approves bridge project | News | times-journal.com — Jul 18, 2025
- East Alabama Health celebrates grand opening of $44 million mental health facility | East Alabama Health — Dec 18, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 10, 2026.
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