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Extemp, if you are really in Philadelphia and you don't have insurance, you can still receive mental health treatment. Take something that will prove who you are, and where you are living ... if you don't have a driver's license or a Penna. Non-Driver ID, take some other form of picture ID and a phone or electric bill with your name and current address.
Start by walking into an ER. If you can get to one, go to a CRC (crisis response center) ... they specialize in emergency psychiatric evaluations.
All Philadelphia residents can have their treatment precertified for county funding by an organization called Community Behavioral Health, which is also the managed care organization for mental health under medical assistance.
If you are waiting as long as until Nov. 28 for an intake appointment, you may have approached the wrong agency. Call Philadelphia Crisis (215-686-4420) and ask them where your local county base service unit outpatient provider is located.
If you are outside of the city, give me the town and county and I'll give you info for the correct crisis center and procedures.
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