Big HONKING Retraction

All you people I've told to call Catholic Charities? Stop. Don't bother. It doesn't seem that either the Archdiocese of Washington, DC or the Archdiocese of Baltimore offer straightforward depression counseling. They're taking on hunger, adoption, pregnancy, developmental disabilities, seniors, and a whole other slew of things, but not day-to-day depression.

*headdesk*

I'm so sorry. The Archdiocese of New York had such an incredible mental health set up, I assumed that it was a standard thing. Never assume.

However, I do have a few links to resources with sliding scales for those of you who are under- or unemployed.

Jewish Family Services (No, you don't have to be Jewish.)

Bayview Community Psych Center (See where torberg works! [It's in the same building.])

The Walker-Whitman Clinic (They got two big thumbs up from muzikmaker21 . Disclaimer: they do seem to only take gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and HIV/AIDS-infected people as clients. ETA: Updated per muzikmaker21's information below.)

The University of Maryland Medical Center Department of Psychiatry (They don't show who does pro-bono work and who doesn't, but you could call and use the code phrase, "I don't have insurance." [In medical-billing speak, that translates into "I need low-cost or free services."])

That's all I've got for now, but watch this space as I look for--and hopefully find--more.

ETA 2: The next person to use my mistake to take a swipe at the Catholic Church gets this post taken down. I didn't do this to express anger at either diocese: they're incredibly ambitious. Did you notice the list? And it's not complete. Disagree with their theology or their politics as much as you like--Lord knows I do. But don't ever tell me they're not trying.