Black Belt shortages and in-person-first rules
Most Alabama counties south of Birmingham are psychiatric shortage areas. Alabama law requires an in-person visit before telehealth, including for controlled substances. Your first visit with us is in-person. Follow-ups can continue by video.
UAB and Brookwood Baptist often book new patients months out. We offer same-week in-person intake in Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa, then telehealth follow-ups statewide.

















