MENTAL HEALTH & RECOVERY
Local and regional resources offering mental health care, counseling, addiction recovery support, crisis services, and treatment connections for Dalton and Whitfield County.
Highland Rivers Behavioral Health — Whitfield
What they provide: Outpatient mental health and substance-use treatment for adults, children, families, and veterans, including counseling, psychiatric and nursing assessments, medication management, peer support, and intensive outpatient substance-use services. Highland Rivers is also the public behavioral-health safety-net provider for Whitfield County.
📍 Address: 900 Shugart Rd., Dalton, GA 30720
📞 Adult Services: (706) 270-5100
📞 Child & Adolescent Services: (706) 270-5047
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Georgia HOPE — Dalton
What they provide: Outpatient mental-health and substance-use treatment for children, adolescents, and adults, including individual and family therapy, case management, peer support, and treatment for co-occurring mental-health and substance-use conditions.
📍 Address: 1414 Dug Gap Rd., Dalton, GA 30720
📞 Phone: (706) 279-0405
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Carter Hope Center
What they provide: Long-term residential and outpatient treatment for alcohol and drug addiction, including counseling, relapse prevention, 12-step recovery, trauma-focused services, aftercare, and sober-living support.
📍 Address: 506 E. Hawthorne St., Dalton, GA 30721
📞 Phone: (706) 226-7044
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Highland Rivers — Whitfield Crisis Stabilization Unit
What they provide: 24-hour walk-in crisis assessment, psychiatric stabilization, and detoxification services for adults who need immediate behavioral-health care. �
📍 Address: 900 Shugart Rd., Dalton, GA 30720
📞 Phone: (706) 270-5107
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