United States
Call or text 988, or use 988 Lifeline chat and accessibility options.
For immediate danger, call 911.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number or go to the nearest emergency department now.
Contacts checked September 6, 2026
Crisis Help and Emergency Support
You do not need to complete a test or reach a certain score to ask for help. This website does not monitor messages and cannot provide crisis intervention.
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Canada
Call or text 9-8-8. The Government of Canada lists it as available 24/7 in English and French.
For immediate danger, call 9-1-1. Official information
UK and Ireland
Call Samaritans free on 116 123, day or night. Official information
For immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
Other countries or regions
Use your local emergency number for immediate danger. To find a local crisis line, use Find A Helpline and confirm the service’s location and availability before relying on it.
While you connect
- • move away from weapons, medication, traffic, heights, or other means of harm if you can do so safely
- • contact a trusted person and ask them to stay with you or remain on the phone
- • avoid being alone and avoid alcohol or drugs
- • tell the responder if you have a plan, means, recent attempt, or someone else is at risk
Helping someone else
- • take statements about suicide or self-harm seriously
- • ask directly about immediate danger and access to means
- • stay with the person if it is safe and contact crisis or emergency help
- • do not promise secrecy when someone may be in immediate danger