For Individuals & Families
- Behavioral Health
  - - - Behavioral Health
        In collaboration with state and community partners, DBHDS plans, develops, directs, funds, and monitors the delivery of comprehensive behavioral health services throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
        Behavioral health services may include services for the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.
- Developmental Services
- Crisis Services
  - Crisis Services
    DBHDS works with partners across Virginia to develop and maintain the Commonwealth’s continuum of crisis care, by ensuring that there is always someone to call, someone to respond, and somewhere to go.
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  - Virginia 988
    If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.
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- Human Rights
  - - - DBHDS works to ensure compliance with Human Rights Regulations by promoting human dignity, managing the DBHDS Human Rights complaint program, and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities in state service systems.
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- Forensic Services
  - - - Forensic Services
        Forensic services include mental health evaluations and screenings, treatment of individuals with mental illness in jail, case management and restoration of competency to stand trial.
        DBHDS develops programs and services for individuals at risk for involvement in the criminal justice system.
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    - - SVP Services
        Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) services support the delivery of evaluation, treatment, and supervision services to individuals found by the court to meet the criteria of sexually violent predator.
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Southside Behavioral Health

November 25, 2025

Based in Southside Virginia, Southside Behavioral Health is committed to having a positive impact on the communities where we live and work. We do that by building a compassionate, creative, and diverse team committed to quality and service. We provide urgent, short-term, and long-term treatment programs within our local communities. Our services are individually tailored to help individuals achieve the best possible outcomes in health, wellness, recovery, and independence.

Southside Behavioral Health was originally established in 1972 as Southside Community Services Board. We are and always have been a public, non-profit organization that prides ourselves on delivering quality services across the communities we serve.

Behavioral Health

Crisis Services

Virginia 988

Forensic Services

SVP Services

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