Huntington Mental Health Hotlines
If you’re looking for mental health help in Huntington, you don’t have to work out which agency covers what before you make a call. The Mental Health Hotline can talk through what you’re dealing with and point you toward the kind of support that fits. Call 866-903-3787 any hour of the day or night.
If this is an emergency
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911.
If you are in emotional distress or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7.
In Huntington, Prestera Health Services answers a 24-hour line at 800-642-3434.
The Mental Health Hotline is an information and referral service. It is not a substitute for emergency services.
If you’re looking for mental health help in Huntington, the reason could be almost anything: depression that has flattened everything out, anxiety that won’t switch off, drinking or using more than you meant to, a diagnosis you’re still learning to live with, or a stretch that has simply gotten heavier than you can carry on your own. None of that needs to reach an emergency before it counts as a reason to ask for help.
Huntington is home base for Prestera Health Services, the largest behavioral health provider in West Virginia, and that matters when you need help fast. Its crisis number is answered around the clock, it can send a mobile team out to you, and its intake doesn’t require an appointment. The city has also spent years building a response to addiction that has drawn national attention: since 2017 its Quick Response Team, made up of Cabell County EMS, city police, Marshall University and local treatment providers, has visited people within days of an overdose to talk about treatment. If substance use is part of what you’re carrying, you’re in a city that has seen it before and doesn’t flinch.
Cost is the other wall people hit. About one in ten working-age adults in Huntington has no health insurance, so it’s worth knowing which doors don’t ask that question first. Prestera offers a sliding fee scale, Help4WV will look for options with or without coverage, and CONTACT and Branches don’t charge anything. More on mental health insurance coverage is available if that’s the sticking point.
You don’t need to know which of these is right for you before you reach out. The figures further down describe Huntington in aggregate, not you. Whether you’re looking for yourself or for someone you care about, the Mental Health Hotline can help you sort through the options at 866-903-3787. More West Virginia mental health resources are collected on the state page.
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Where to Get Help in Huntington
These are the numbers and addresses worth having. Some are for the worst night of your life and some are for a Tuesday afternoon when you just can’t face the week, and both of those are reasons to call. If you’re not sure what happens when you dial, here’s what 988 actually does.
Mental Health in Huntington, by the Numbers
Three figures that say something about the conditions people here are dealing with. They set context for the resources above rather than explaining any one person’s situation.
Figures come from the CDC PLACES 2025 release, which models city-level estimates from 2023 BRFSS survey responses for adults 18 and over; poor mental health days are counted over the past 30 days. Rankings compare the 100 cities in this series, where 1 is the highest rate; Huntington is 30th for loneliness. West Virginia runs high across the board, and the typical city in the state reports a depression rate above 31 percent, so Huntington’s numbers reflect a regional pattern as much as a local one. A number at the top of a list doesn’t describe anyone reading this. Model-based estimates describe a population, not any one person in it.
Working out where to start is often the hardest part, especially when you’re already worn down and you’ve already tried a couple of numbers that went nowhere. The Mental Health Hotline can talk through what’s going on and help you find the right next step in Huntington, at any hour. Call 866-903-3787 when you’re ready.