Behavioral Health

Find Help for Substance Use and Recovery

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use or needs support finding a path to recovery, help is available.

The Behavioral Health Resource Network (BHRN) is a partnership of providers in Clackamas County that offer free substance use treatment and recovery services funded through Oregon’s Measure 110.

These services are: 

• Available in your language
• Culturally responsive and trauma-informed
• Designed to help you understand, heal, and recover

What Services are Available?

BHRN providers offer a range of free services, including:

• Screening and referrals for substance use and other needs
• A personalized treatment and recovery plan
• Ongoing guidance and support as you work through your plan
• Crisis assistance when you need it most
• Peer support from people who’ve been through similar experiences
• Housing assistance and harm reduction resources
• Help finding and keeping a job
• Flexible support options — in person or online

How to Get Started

• Search the Oregon Substance Use Disorders Services Directory, visit the Recovery Network of Oregon, or contact one of the providers listed below.

If you or someone you know is in a mental health crisis right now, please call the 24/7 Clackamas Crisis and Support Line at 503-655-8585.

Behavioral Health Resource Network Providers

BHRN providers work together to connect you with the care and support that best fit your needs. Services are available to anyone living in Clackamas County — no insurance or referral required.

Tri-County Resource Sheet

Looking for more options?
Visit the Tri-County Resource Sheet, which includes a list of trusted resources for people beginning or maintaining recovery from mental health or substance use challenges.

Our telehealth program connects people with the care they need, wherever they are. Using sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology, mental health staff can consult, diagnose and treat patients, virtually, in real time — no matter where they're located.

How to Make an Appointment

Call us at 503-655-8585. For hearing impaired, please use Oregon Relay at 1-800-735-1232. Please have the name of your medical insurer (if any), your policy number and your group number available when you call.

Before Your Appointment

Review our CMHC Services guide to learn about your rights and responsibilities in receiving services, any associated fees and other resources:

• CMHC Services Guide
  • Guía de servicios del Centro de Salud Mental de Clackamas (Spanish)
  • Руководство по использованию услуг Центра психического здоровья округа Клакамас (Russian)
  • Посібник із послуг Центру психічного здоров'я (ЦПЗ) округу Клакамас (Ukrainian)
  • Hướng dẫn về Dịch vụ của Trung tâm Sức khỏe Tâm thần Clackamas (Vietnamese)
  • 克拉克默斯郡心理健康中心服务指南 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Clackamas 心理健康中心服務指南 (Traditional Chinese)
• Program Orientation and Consent for Treatment (CMHC staff will go over the consent during your appointment)
• Notice of Privacy Practices
• Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
• Resource Sheet
• Grievance System Policy
  • Sistema de quejas (Spanish)
  • Система рассмотрения жалоб (Russian)
  • Система розгляду скарг (Ukrainian)
  • Hệ thống Khiếu nại (Vietnamese)
  • 申诉系统 (Simplified Chinese)
  • 申訴系統 (Traditional Chinese)
• Telehealth Quick Tips
  • Recursos de telemedicina (Spanish)
  • Ресурсы телемедицины (Russian)
  • Ресурси з телемедицини (Ukrainian)
  • Các Thông tin/Hỗ trợ về Chăm sóc Sức khỏe Từ xa (Telehealth) (Vietnamese)
  • 远程医疗资源 (Simplified Chinese)
  • 遠距醫療資源 (Traditional Chinese)

Antes de su Cita

• Guía de Servicios del Centro de Salud Mental de Clackamas
• Orientación del Programa y Consentimiento Informado para los Servicios
• Aviso de Prácticas de Privacidad
• Guía para la Declaración para el Tratamiento de la Salud Mental en Oregon
• Recursos Para Ayudarlo Durante el COVID-19
• Sistema de quejas

To advise the Board of County Commissioners and the Behavioral Health Division Director on community needs, gaps in services, barriers and priorities related to providing mental health and addictions services in the County.

The Mental Health and Addictions Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. If you would like to participate on this community advisory council, please email kkern@clackamas.us for more information and to confirm meeting time and location.

Scheduled as needed: Biennial Plan, Strategic Planning, Budget Review, Program Updates, Provider Reports; Review & Comment for state licensure.

Bylaws

Members

• Teresa Melville, President
• Glenn (Bo) Brinson, Vice President
• Sheri Price, Secretary
• Pam Pearce, Executive Member
• Mary Ann Andrews
• Adam Caba
• Beto Contreras
• Ashley Cross
• Sara Clement
• Rae Gordon
• Dave Hunt
• Cathy Horey
• Catherine LeJeal
• Sarah Schindlbeck

What is Peer Support?

Peer Support is all about connection, understanding, and hope. Peers are people who have lived experience with mental health challenges and/or substance use. By sharing their stories and experiences, peers inspire others, show that recovery is possible, and help create a sense of belonging in the community.

Peer support helps prevent relapse, promotes long-term recovery, and builds stronger, healthier communities.

How Peer Support Helps

Peers provide support in many different settings — including hospitals, jails, treatment centers, courts, schools, and crisis centers. Research shows that peer support can:

• Reduce symptoms and hospitalizations
• Improve wellbeing and self-esteem
• Increase community involvement
• Shorten hospital stays and reduce costs
• Encourage lasting recovery

There are no medical or psychiatric requirements to receive peer support services. You don’t need to be enrolled in a mental health or addiction program. All peer-delivered services in Clackamas County are peer-run and free for anyone seeking support and recovery.

Peer Support Programs in Clackamas County

We are proud to be part of Oregon's effort to invest in senior behavioral health. By investing in our older adults, we ensure that they will thrive in our community.

Today 15.4% of Oregonians are 65 years or older. By 2030, that number will increase to 20%, with the over 75 age group growing even faster.

Nationally, this trend impacts behavioral health in the following ways:

• 15-20% of older adults have depression, which if untreated leads to other health problems including negative change in memory, loss of interest in activities, isolated behavior, trouble sleeping, and more
• Men aged 75 and older have the highest suicide rate
• Up to 15% of older adults are at-risk drinkers
• Up to 23% of older adults deal with prescription drug misuse
• Effective collaboration, care coordination, and well-trained workers will ensure the health, safety, and independence of older adults

Senior Loneliness Line

The Senior Loneliness Line is a 24/7 crisis line that offers help to older adults and their loved ones throughout Oregon.

This free, confidential service serves adults 55 and older who may be isolated or lonely. Volunteers and staff are specially trained in working with older adults, and can provide ongoing support, connect you with resources, or just listen.

Sometimes knowing there is someone who cares and wants to listen can be of great help. Call 503-200-1633 or visit their website.

Clackamas County Writes

Community Connections Through Physical Distancing

While we are all feeling the impact of the pandemic, older adults are experiencing isolation and loneliness now more than ever as a result of COVID-19. You can help! Clackamas County has partnered with the Senior Loneliness Line and adult community centers on the Clackamas County Writes project. We’re inviting the community, especially young people, to write letters and create artwork as a way of creating connection with older adults in this time of physical distancing. The Senior Loneliness Line or adult community centers will ensure your letter of artwork are distributed to a lonely or isolated older adult in our community.

Getting Started Instructions

1. Begin writing! Please write big and legibly. You can write about your favorite hobbies and interests, tell a story, draw a picture or ask beautiful questions. To make sure your letter is easy to read, feel free to print out our template. (Usar el modelo para la carta.)
2. Sign your letter with your first name and age only. Avoid personal information like your address or financial information.
3. Use a sponge to seal your envelope closed to avoid the spread of germs.
4. Send finished letters by mail or email. Below are the addresses of locations currently accepting letters.

How do I register my organization to receive letters?

Contact the Clackamas County OABHI Team at oabhi@clackamas.us to list your organization as a participating partner. You’ll need to be prepared to screen the letters, removing them from the envelopes to keep the writers-personal information safe, and screening for personal or inappropriate information.

If you need mental health help right away, we’re here for you.

What we offer

• Short-term counseling
• Safety screenings
• Help finding other services
• Peer support (talk with someone who has been through similar struggles)
• Care from trained mental health staff and medical professionals

How to get help

Crisis & Support Line (24/7):
503-655-8585

Visit in person:
11211 SE 82nd Ave., Suite O
Happy Valley, OR
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Closed July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day

Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT)

Our Mobile Crisis Response Team provides immediate, face-to-face support during a mental health crisis — at home, school, work, or in the community.

We come to you to help stabilize the situation, ensure safety, and connect you to ongoing care.

Our team includes:

• Master’s-Level Clinicians
• Peer Support Specialists

Call the crisis and support line at 503-655-8585 for a mental health crisis and MCRT can be dispatched.

Crisis & Support Line (24/7)

Free and confidential.

• Talk through any crisis (big or small)
• Suicide screening
• Safety planning
• Language interpretation available

Not in Clackamas County?
Call or text 988 to reach the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline anytime.

Other Resources

• Notice of Privacy Practices
• The Legal System and Mental Health