Crisis and Suicide Resources

SarahEL · 2023-03-12 19:05:57

No one on this forum is trained to help you if you are in crisis or feeling suicidal.

This is a list on Wikipedia of helplines in your country that can help.. I urge you to contact someone from this list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s … isis_lines

Below is a list of some of the larger countries with helpline numbers, correct as of Mar 2023

United Kingdom
999 and 112 is the national emergency number in the United Kingdom
111, Option 2, is the National Health Services' First Response Service for mental health crises and support. This is not available in all areas of the country yet.
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK is a helpline offering a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide throughout the UK and is open 24/7. This helpline is founded by the charity Suicide Prevention Bristol https://www.spbristol.org/
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK can be reached on 0800 689 5652.
SOS Silence of Suicide is a registered charity supporting children & adults struggling with poor mental health and suicidal ideation. They provide a standard rate phone support service open 8pm until Midnight, Friday to Monday inclusive. You can reach them on 0300 1020 505
Samaritans (http://www.samaritans.org/) is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom.[43] They provide a 24/7, toll-free crisis line, as well as local branches.
Samaritans Helpline can be reached at 116 123.
Samaritans' previous hotline number, 08457 90 90 90, is no longer in use. Calling this line may result in charges for call forwarding.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (https://www.thecalmzone.net/) is a registered charity[44] based in England. It was launched in March 2006 as a campaign aimed at bringing the suicide rate down among men aged 15–35.[45] It has a limited-hour phone and webchat options.
CALM (Nationwide) can be reached at 0800 58 58 58 (available every day from 5PM to midnight).
CALM (London) can be reached at 0808 802 58 58 (available every day from 5PM to midnight).
CALM webchat can be found at https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/get-help/ (available every day from 5PM to midnight).
Shout (https://www.giveusashout.org/) is the UK's first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It is a place to go for those struggling to cope and in need of immediate help. Shout is an affiliate of the Crisis Text Line in the U.S.
Text SHOUT to 85258

United States
911 is the national emergency number in the United States.
211 is a phone number in the United States for people in crisis who need emergency referrals to social and community services but are not experiencing an immediate life-threatening emergency. Services available vary by state.[46]
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (http://988lifeline.org/) is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.[47][48] It provides Spanish-speaking counselors, as well as options for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. It is only available in the United States.[49] A 24-hour Online Chat in partnership with Contact USA[50] is also available.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached at 988.
The Lifeline's previous number, 1–800–273–8255, can still be dialed at anytime.[51]
Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio: 1–888–628–9454
Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988[52]
The Veterans Crisis Line (https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/) is a 24-hour, toll-free hotline that provides phone, webchat, and text options available to military veterans and their families. It provides options for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
The Veterans Crisis Line can be reached at 988 or 1–800–273–8255, followed by Pressing 1
The hotline can also be reached by texting to 838255.
It can additionally be reached by online chat on the Veterans Crisis Line website.
IMAlive Crisis Chatline (www.imalive.org) is a non-profit, worldwide 24/7, anonymous chatline to help anyone in crisis via instant messaging.
The Crisis Text Line (crisistextline.org) is the only 24/7, nationwide crisis-intervention text-message hotline.[53]
The Crisis Text Line can be reached by texting HOME to 741-741.
Samaritans USA (http://www.samaritansusa.org/) is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United States.[9]
The Trevor Project (http://www.thetrevorproject.org/) is a nationwide organization that provides a 24-hour phone hotline, as well as 24-hour webchat and text options, for LGBTQ+ and questioning youth.[54]
The TrevorLifeline can be reached at 1–866–488–7386.
TrevorChat can be found at https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/
TrevorText can be reached by texting START to 678–678
Trans Lifeline (https://www.translifeline.org/) is a nonprofit organization that is created by and for the transgender community, providing crisis intervention hotlines, staffed by transgender individuals, available in the United States and Canada.
The Trans Lifeline can be reached at 1–877–565–8860.[22]
The Youthline (https://oregonyouthline.org/) is a free teen-to-teen crisis support and help line run by a nonprofit. Between the hours of 4 -10 pm PST daily, teens are available for peer support via phone and text. Otherwise, the line is staffed by adult crisis responders 24/7.
CALL (24/7): 877-968-8491
TEXT (4-10 pm PST): ‘teen2teen’ to 839863
CHAT (4-10 pm PST) https://oregonyouthline.org/

Argentina
911 is the national emergency number in Argentina.
Centro de Asistencia al Suicida by calling 135 (Greater Buenos Aires) or 5275–1135 (rest of the country).[4]
SOS Un Amigo Anonimo is available seven days a week from 10am to 7pm by calling 4783–8888.[5]

Australia
000, 112 and 106[Note 1] are the national emergency numbers in Australia.
Lifeline is a 24-hour nationwide service that provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services.[6] It can be reached at 13 11 14. They also offer an online chat service.[7][8]
Kids Helpline is a 24-hour nationwide service that provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and counselling services for Australians aged 5–25. It can be reached at 1800 55 1800. In addition the Kids Helpline does also provide online chat services.[9]
Beyond Blue provides nationwide information and support regarding anxiety, depression, and suicide. It has a helpline which can be reached by calling 1300 22 4636. The helpline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition, the organisation also provides online chat.[10]
Suicide Call Back Service is a nationwide service that provides professional 24/7 telephone and online counselling to people who are affected by suicide. It has a helpline which can be reached by calling 1300 659 467. The organisation also offers online chat and video chat services.[11]
MensLine Australia is a 24/7 telephone and online counselling service for men with emotional health, mental health and relationship concerns. It has a helpline which can be reached by calling 1300 78 99 78. The organisation also offers online counselling.[12]

Austria
112 is the national emergency number in Austria.
122 is the national fire brigade number in Austria.
133 is the national police number in Austria.
144 is the national ambulance number in Austria.
142 is the number of Telefonseelsorge (Samaritan Telephone) in Austria. Free of charge, operating 24 hours a day.[13]
147 is the number of Rat auf Draht, a crisis number especially for children, juveniles and their attachment figures. Free of charge, operating 24 hours a day.[14]

Belgium
112 is the national emergency number in Belgium.
Stichting Zelfmoordlijn 1813 provides a 24/7 national suicide prevention phone line and a webchat everyday from 18:30 to 22:00 for Dutch language.[17]
Zelfmoordlijn 1813 hotline can be reached at 1813.
Zelfmoordlijn 1813 limited webchat can be found at https://www.zelfmoord1813.be/chat-met-z … dlijn-1813.
Stichting Centre de Prévention du Suicide provides a 24/7 national suicide prevention phone line for French language.[18]
The Center for the Prevention of Suicide hotline can be reached at 080032123.
The Center for the Prevention of Suicide website and Forum can be found at https://www.preventionsuicide.be/fr/j-a … -aide.html.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
122 is the national police number in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
123 is the national fire-brigade number in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
124 is the national emergency number in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Centar Srce is a Serbian organisation for emotional support. Currently there no other organisation inside Bosnia and Herzegovina that deals with suicidal thought and prevention.
0800-300303 is the number of Centar Srce.

Brazil
188 is a national emergency number in Brazil.
190 and 192 are the national emergency numbers for police and ambulances in Brazil.
Centro de Valorização da Vida (http://www.cvv.org.br/) is an emotional and suicidal prevention support NGO founded in 1962 in São Paulo, Brazil, and recognized as Federal Public Utility in 1973. It offers voluntary and free support, with all communications being confidential. Contacts can be made through the phone number 188 (available 24/7), personally (in one of the 72 centres around the country), chat (via their website), VoIP (via Skype) and e-mail.
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Brunei
991 is the emergency number for ambulances
993 is the emergency number for police
145 is the national suicide hotline

Canada
911 is the national emergency number in Canada.
Kids Help Phone (https://kidshelpphone.ca/) is a free 24/7 national support service that provides confidential professional counselling, information, referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French.
Talk Suicide Canada can be reached 24/7 at 1–833–456–4566 or 45645 (Text, 4 p.m. to midnight ET only) (https://talksuicide.ca/) nationwide suicide prevention service.[20]
Crisis Text Line powered by Kids Help Phone (crisistextline.ca) is a free, confidential 24/7 national crisis-intervention text-message service.[21] It can be reached by texting HOME (English) or PARLER (French) to 686868.
Trans Lifeline (http://www.translifeline.org/ Archived 27 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine) is a toll-free crisis hotline available in the United States and in Canada for transgender people staffed by transgender people. It can be reached at 1-877-330-6366.[22]
The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (https://suicideprevention.ca) maintains a Canada-wide list of phone numbers and websites related to suicide prevention.

Chile
National suicide hotline: *4141[23]
Salud Responde (Ministerio de Salud): Telefono 600 360 7777
Saludable Mente: https://gob.cl/saludablemente/
Todo Mejora: https://todomejora.org/apoyo/
Fundacion Vinculos: Telefono: 5622 2442 533 y 5698 2481 971
Línea Libre (Fundación Para la Confianza): Teléfono: 1515. App: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ltmessenger.linealibre&hl=es_419 - https://apps.apple.com/cl/app/l%C3%ADne … 467421633)

China
110 (police) and 120 (ambulance) are the national emergency numbers in mainland China.
Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center (http://www.crisis.org.cn), a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, available 24/7 at 800–810–1117 (for landline callers) or 010–8295–1332 (for mobile and VoIP callers)
Lifeline China (https://www.lifelinechina.org/) available 10am to 10pm every day at 400 821 1215.
Shanghai Mental Health Center (http://www.smhc.org.cn Archived 28 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine) serves as a mental health clinic as well as teaching, researching and planning mental health prevention throughout China. They can be reached at 021–64387250.
Shenzhen Mental Health Center (http://www.szknyy.com/) free professional counseling available 24/7 at 0755–25629459
Guangzhou Crisis Research and Intervention Center (http://www.gzcrisis.com/) available 24/7 at 020–81899120 or 020–12320–5, online counseling is also available with QQ messenger at 1661042151
Mental Health Center of School of Medicine of Zhejiang University (http://www.hz7hospital.com/) available 24/7 at 0571–85029595

Colombia
123 is the national emergency number in Colombia.
106 provides support for issues such as depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide that traditional centers might not accomplish.[24]
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Costa Rica La línea Aquí Estoy es un servicio gratuito para el apoyo en la prevención del suicidio, brindado por el Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología.
El horario de servicio es: Lunes a viernes de 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm.https://psicologiacr.com/aqui-estoy/

France
112 is the national emergency number in France, 15 is the number for ambulances, 114 for all emergency services for deaf using FAX or SMS and 17 is for police.
3114: the national suicide prevention hotline. A toll-free 24/7 lifeline that provides professional and confidential attention to people in need. This number also caters to the needs of health professionals, worried relatives, people beavered by suicide as well as to anybody else facing this sensitive issue.
Fil santé jeunes: 0800 235 236: anonymous and toll-free number for young people.
Suicide écoute Archived 3 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine: 01 45 39 40 00 (24-hour): suicide prevention helpline (volunteers).
SOS Suicide Phénix: 01 40 44 46 45 (schedule): suicide prevention through listening and hospitality (volunteers).
Sos amitié: 09 72 39 40 50 (toll-free 24/7 number): distress listening on multimedia platform: phone, email, chat (volunteers).
La Croix Rouge Ecoute Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine: 0 800 858 858: psychological support online, anonymous and free (volunteers).

Germany
112 is the national emergency number for fire and ambulance in Germany.
110 is the national emergency number for police.
Telefonseelsorge (http://www.telefonseelsorge.de/) (24/7, no cost): 0800 111 0 111, or 0800 111 0 222, or 116 123, or by online chat at https://online.telefonseelsorge.de/

Italy
112 is the national emergency number for Italy.
Servizio per la Prevenzione del Suicidio (SPS) (http://www.prevenireilsuicidio.it/) is a suicide prevention helpline whose mission is to give psychological and emotional support to anyone in suicidal crisis or to anyone who lost a dear one for suicide, through a confidential listening from an equipe of doctors, psychologists and volunteers. The helpline is operating from 9.30 am till 4.30 pm, from Monday to Friday, and it can be reached from all regions of Italy.
Samaritans - ONLUS (http://www.samaritansonlus.org) is available every day from 1pm to 10pm by calling 800 86 00 22 or 06 77208977.
Telefono Amico (http://www.telefonoamico.it) provides services everyday from 10am to 12am by calling 199284284.

Mexico
911 is the national emergency number in Mexico.
SAPTEL (http://www.saptel.org.mx/index.html) is an independent care provider subsidized by the Mexican red cross. It can be reached at (55) 5259-8121. SAPTEL has been active since 2000. It is totally free and they are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Provides crisis dialogue or treatment for anything related to mental health crisis.
UAM (Lunes a Viernes): Teléfono (55) 5804-644 y (55) 5804-4879 Chat: https://www.uam.mx/lineauam/lineauam_chat.htm
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria: Teléfono (55) 5655–3080 o (800) 953–1704

New Zealand
111 is the national emergency number in New Zealand.
1737, need to talk? (http://www.1737.org.nz) is the national mental health and addictions helpline. Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor.
Lifeline Aotearoa (http://www.lifeline.org.nz) is a New Zealand organisation providing free 24-hour counseling and phone help lines. It provides support, information and resources to people at risk of suicide, family and friends affected by suicide and people supporting someone with suicidal thoughts and/or suicidal behaviours. Call 09 5222 999 if you live within Auckland or 0800 543 354 for those outside of Auckland.
Samaritans Aotearoa New Zealand (http://www.samaritans.org.nz) offers free confidential, non‑judgemental & non‑religious support for people experiencing loneliness, depression, despair, distress or suicidal feelings. Call 0800 72 66 66 to access the 24/7 hotline operated by trained volunteers.
Youthline (https://www.youthline.co.nz) Call 0800 376 633 or text 234.
The Lowdown (https://thelowdown.co.nz) provides assistance in dealing with issues such as relationships, anxiety, and depression and are available by e-mail or texting 5626.

Norway
112 and 113 is the national emergency numbers for police and ambulances in Norway
Mental Helse Mental Helse (Mental Health). Can be reached at 116 123 and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Mental Helse does also provide an online mail service at http://sidetmedord.no where users can write messages anonymously and get answers within 48-hours. A chat-service is also provided. It is open Mondays from 19.00 – 22.00 and Wednesdays: from 19.00 – 22.00. The chat-services may not always be open in July and on public celebration days or Sundays.
Kirkens SOS Kirkens SOS (The Church SOS). Can be reached at 22 40 00 40 and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The line is free to call and confidential. Kirkens SOS does also provide an anonymous message service (which replies within 24-hours) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and a chat open 7 days a week at 18.30 – 22.30.

Spain
112 is the national emergency number in Spain.
Suicide Crisis Line: Call 024. Available 24/7 and free of charge.
Teléfono de la Esperanza (http://www.telefonodelaesperanza.org) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, allowing callers to discuss a range of challenges from trauma and suicide to relationship issues. They can be reached by calling 717 003 717.

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