Descripción general
Below is a list of behavioral health contacts by insurance plan.
Get personalized assistance
Contact the Health Care Facilitator Program for assistance navigating mental health resources for yourself and your dependents.
Insurance plans
Behavioral health coverage is provided by Anthem Blue Cross
All member-facing services, including finding BH providers, are handled by Accolade Behavioral Health.
Accolade Behavioral Health: 866-406-1182
- Toll-free 24/7 resource center staffed with clinicians to provide triage, assessment, and crisis support
- Assists with finding available in-network behavioral health providers
When you call, you will need to let them know that you need help finding an appointment with a provider that has an open practice and is accepting new patients. Let them know that you do not want a list, but need an actual appointment.
For Health Net UC Blue & Gold Plan, the behavioral health provider is Health Net Behavioral Health Services
Health Net Behavioral Health Services Customer Service: 800-663-9355
When you call, you will be asked if you’d like assistance finding a provider with availability; tell them yes. If this is not automatically offered you may ask for assistance in securing an appointment with a provider.
Behavioral health coverage is provided by Health Net Behavioral Health Services
Postdoc Customer Service:
- HMO Plan: 888-935-5966
- PPO Plan: 800-767-7016
Assistance finding an appointment with a provider is available by request; you will need to specifically ask for this service when you call Health Net.
Behavioral health coverage is provided by Optum*
Phone: 888-440-8225
Assistance finding an appointment with a provider is available by request; you will need to specifically ask for this service when you call Optum.
Optum Behavioral Health Provider Search | Access code: 11280
*Kaiser members can use either Optum Behavioral Health or Kaiser mental health services.
Behavioral health coverage is provided by Anthem
Behavioral Health Resource Center/Behavioral Health Support Services: 844-792-5141
- Primary contact center for Behavioral Health Resources for members; toll-free 24/7 resource center staffed with clinicians to provide triage, assessment, and crisis support
- Assists with finding available in-network behavioral health providers.
When you call, you will need to let them know that you need help finding an appointment with a provider that has an open practice and is accepting new patients. Let them know that you do not want a list, but need an actual appointment.
For more information, please visit: Benefits for Residents and Clinical Fellows.
Telehealth Mental Health for Residents and Clinical Fellows ONLY:
UC Care, Core, UC Health Savings Plan (Anthem)
Anthem members – faculty and staff and residents and fellow Anthem plans can receive virtual mental health services through Live Health Online Psychology.
Please note that the following practices listed below are NOT affiliated with UCSF:
Octave
Available to UC employees enrolled in Anthem. Octave is a modern mental health practice with licensed therapists who specialize in a wide range of topics including anxiety, burnout, trauma, and relationships. As an in-network provider, Octave will partner with members in California to develop personalized plans that can include individual therapy, couples therapy, or groups to best suit their needs.
Octave | Phone: 415-360-3833
Headspace Care (Telehealth Mental Health for Residents and Clinical Fellows ONLY)
Headspace Care (formerly Ginger) offers confidential, on-demand emotional and mental health support for life challenges through coaching via text-based chats, self-guided activities, and video-based therapy and psychiatry.
- Coaches are available to chat 24/7, 365 days per year.
- Private video sessions with a therapist or psychiatrist are available outside of business hours on evenings and weekends.
Visit the Headspace Care information page.
LifeStance
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
LifeStance (formerly Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates) | Phone: 925-282-1778.
Rula Health
Rula Health (formerly Path Mental Health) is a teletherapy program that accepts Optum, Anthem, and HealthNet/MHN insurance plans.
Direct Link: https://www.rula.com/sfbay/
Website: https://www.rula.com/
Phone: 415-687-4991
Psychiatric Alternatives
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted. Psychiatric Alternatives | Phone: 415-237-0377
UC Care, Core, UC Health Savings Plan (Anthem)
Anthem members – faculty and staff and residents and fellow Anthem plans can receive virtual mental health services through Live Health Online Psychology.
Please note that the following practices listed below are NOT affiliated with UCSF:
Octave
Available to UC employees enrolled in Anthem. Octave is a modern mental health practice with licensed therapists who specialize in a wide range of topics including anxiety, burnout, trauma, and relationships. As an in-network provider, Octave will partner with members in California to develop personalized plans that can include individual therapy, couples therapy, or groups to best suit their needs.
Octave | Phone: 415-360-3833
Headspace Care (Telehealth Mental Health for Residents and Clinical Fellows ONLY)
Headspace Care (formerly Ginger) offers confidential, on-demand emotional and mental health support for life challenges through coaching via text-based chats, self-guided activities, and video-based therapy and psychiatry.
- Coaches are available to chat 24/7, 365 days per year.
- Private video sessions with a therapist or psychiatrist are available outside of business hours on evenings and weekends.
Visit the Headspace Care information page.
LifeStance
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
LifeStance (formerly Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates) | Phone: 925-282-1778.
Rula Health
Rula Health (formerly Path Mental Health) is a teletherapy program that accepts Optum, Anthem, and HealthNet/MHN insurance plans.
Direct Link: https://www.rula.com/sfbay/
Website: https://www.rula.com/
Phone: 415-687-4991
Psychiatric Alternatives
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted. Psychiatric Alternatives | Phone: 415-237-0377
Health Net Blue & Gold (MHN)
Health Net Blue & Gold members can receive virtual mental health services through Teledoc Telehealth Services.
Octave
Available to UC employees enrolled in MHN. Octave is a modern mental health practice with licensed therapists who specialize in a wide range of topics including anxiety, burnout, trauma, and relationships. As an in-network provider, Octave will partner with members in California to develop personalized plans that can include individual therapy, couples therapy, or groups to best suit their needs.
Octave | Phone: 415-360-3833
LifeStance
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
LifeStance (formerly Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates) | Phone: 925-282-1778
Rula Health
Rula Health (formerly Path Mental Health) is a teletherapy program that accepts Optum, Anthem, and HealthNet/MHN insurance plans.
Direct Link: https://www.rula.com/sfbay/
Website: https://www.rula.com/
Phone: 415-687-4991
Psychiatric Alternatives
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
Psychiatric Alternatives | Phone: 415-237-0377
Kaiser (Optum)
Live and Work Well virtual visits
LifeStance
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
LifeStance (formerly Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates) | Phone: 925-282-1778
Rula Health
Rula Health (formerly Path Mental Health) is a teletherapy program that accepts Optum, Anthem, and HealthNet/MHN insurance plans.
Direct Link: https://www.rula.com/sfbay/
Website: https://www.rula.com/
Phone: 415-687-4991
Psychiatric Alternatives
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
Psychiatric Alternatives | Phone: 415-237-0377
LifeStance
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted. LifeStance | Phone: 925-282-1778
Mindful Health Solutions
Psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
Mindful Health Solutions | Phone: 844-867-8444.
Psychiatric Alternatives
Psychotherapy and psychiatry services. All UC insurance plans are accepted.
Psychiatric Alternatives | Phone: 415-237-0377
Urgent After Hours Mental Health Crisis Support
Understanding that mental health crises may arise outside of standard business hours, we have expanded our crisis service availability.
All UCSF employees have access to trained mental health professionals for urgent, crisis-related support during after-hours periods. This includes times after 5 PM from Monday to Friday, as well as full coverage on weekends and holidays.
Our standard operating hours (Monday to Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM) remain unchanged for non-emergency mental health support and appointment requests. However, this new extension is designed to provide immediate assistance in times of crisis during after-hours periods.
You can access this extended service simply by calling the FSAP line at 415-476-8279 after standard business hours.
In case of emergency
If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
From a cell phone, dial direct for faster emergency response:
- UCSF Police: 415-476-1414 or 911
- San Francisco Police Department: 415-553-8090
Our staff is available for urgent matters during regular business hours. If you cannot reach us in a crisis, the following resources are available:
San Francisco 24-hour hotlines
- San Francisco 24/7 Crisis Line: 415-781-0500
- 24/7 Confidential Support: Text MYLIFE to 741741
- HIV Nightline: 415-434-2437 or 800-273-2437
- Drug Information Line: 415-362-3400
- Relapse Line: 415-834-1144
- Peer Workforce Supportive Services (PWSS) Support Line: 415-288-7160
- Suicide Prevention TTY/TDD — telephone access for the deaf/hearing impaired: 415-227-0245
- Trauma Recovery/Rape Treatment Center: 415-437-3000
- Trauma Recovery: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, Tuesday until 7 p.m.
- Rape Treatment Center at San Francisco General Hospital: 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, open 24/7
National 24-hour hotlines
The Lifeline and 988
988 is now the three-digit dialing code that routes callers to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (or 988 Lifeline).
When people call, text, or chat with the 988 Lifeline, they are connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing 988 Lifeline network, made up of over 200 local crisis centers. These counselors are trained to provide free and confidential emotional support and crisis counseling to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, and connect them to resources. These services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, across the United States.
The previous 988 Lifeline phone number (1-800-273-8255) will always remain available to people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.