Mental Health Resources & Emergency Help (USA)

We have compiled a list of Helplines according to various categories. We hope this can be useful to anyone looking for quick access to what could be life-saving information.

                                                                                        CRISIS RESOURCES

                                              For free and confidential support 24/7, please contact the following:

Crisis Text Line

Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor, or visit www.crisistextline.org.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline                    National STD and AIDS Hotline (American Sexual Health Association)    

Call: 1-800-273-8255                                                    Call: (800) 232-4636

Website                                                                            Website

Veterans Crisis Line                                                          The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

Call: 1-800-273-8255 (and press 1)                                   Helpline: (800) 931-2237

Deaf or hard of hearing: 1-800-799-4889                     Website

Website/Chat                                                                      Screening Tool

Text: 838255                                                                         Chat

Samaritans (24/7 Crisis Services)                                     National Runaway Safeline

Helpline: Call or Text (877) 870-4673                            Call: 1-800-786-2929

Website/Chat                                                                         Website/Chat

Trevor Project (LGBTQ crisis line)                                 Text: 66008

Call: 1-866-488-7386

Website/Chat                                                               The Safe School Hotline

Text: Text START to 678678                                 Anonymously report to your school situations that can be threatening, etc.

The Trans Lifeline                                                       Website

Call (USA): 877-565-8860 / (Canada): 877-339-6366

Website

National Safe Place Text Safe

Website

Text: Text the word “safe” and your current location (address, city, state) to 4HELP (44357)

IMAlive

Website/Chat

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Call: 1−800−799−7233

TTY: 1−800−787−3224

Website

RAINN (National Sexual Assault Hotline)

Call: 800-656-4673

Website/Chat

National Safe Place Text Safe

Website

Text: Text the word “safe” and your current location (address, city, state) to 4HELP (44357)

Teen Domestic Violence

Call: 1-866-331-9474

Text: Text LOVEIS TO 22522

Website/Chat

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)  National Hotline

Call: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Website  

National Drug Helpline

Call: 1-844-289-0879

Website

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)

Call: 1-800-NCA-CALL (622-2255)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Call: 1-301-443-1124

The Partnership at Drugfree.org 

Call: 1-855-DRUG-FREE (378-4373)

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MORE RESOURCES

For additional support for patients, family, and friends, please contact the following:  

• Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)  www.adaa.org
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)  www.nami.org
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)  www.dbsalliance.org
• Bipolar Happens  www.bipolarhappens.com
• National Center for PTSD  www.ptsd.va.gov
• BPD Central  www.bpdcentral.org
• Treatment and Research Advancements Association for Personality Disorder (TARA)  www.tara4bpd.org
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)  www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
• International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)  www.iocdf.org
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)  www.chadd.org