Template:Mental Health Resources
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Worldwide
- Befrienders.org A world wide network of volunteers and non-profits to provide emotional support
- Samaritans A UK based charity who is willing to support people (in English) from anywhere in the world
- Email: jo@samaritans.org
Australia
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Lifeline Local charity offering wide-range crisis support & suicide prevention
- Phone: 13 11 14
- Hotline staffed 24 hours, every day
- Calls via mobile phone are free and will not use phone credits
- Deaf/HoH and translation services available
- Online chat
- 7:00pm - 4.00am (AEST), 7 days.
- Resources for finding help
- Phone: 13 11 14
LGBTQIA support
QLife. Crisis services available "3:00pm to midnight in your state, around Australia, every day."
- Phone: 1800 184 527
- Online Chat
- Email: ask
qlife.org.au
Support for Children, Teens & Young Adults
- Help for children ages 5-12
- Help for teens ages 13-17
- Help for young adults ages 17-25
- Phone: 1800 55 1800
- Free call - Staffed 24/7
- Email: counsellor
kidshelpline.com.au Answered 8am -10pm daily
- Webchat Open 24/7 - 365 days
Austria
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Telefonseelsorge Österreich Telephone Hotline for crisis support
- Phone: 142
- 24-hour emotional support telephone hotline, chat support (you need to make an appointment) and e-mail support.
Belgium
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Télé-accueil Telephone Hotline for crisis support in French language
- Phone: 107
- 24-hour emotional support telephone hotline
Tele-Onthaal Telephone Hotline for crisis support in Dutch language
- Phone: 106
- 24-hour emotional support telephone hotline
Telefonhilfe Telephone Hotline for crisis support in German language
- Phone: 108
- 24-hour emotional support telephone hotline
Canada
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Suicide Prevention Canada Find local crisis support centers in your Province
Support for Children, Teens & Young Adults
Kids Help Phone supporting kids, teens and young adults 20 and under. Available in English and French
- Phone: 1-800-668-6868
- Free call - Staffed 24/7
- Live online chat Open 24/7
- Crisis Textline: text HOME to 686868
China
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 800-810-1117 or 010-82951332
- 24-hour emotional support hotline
Czech Republic
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Modrálinka Telephone Hotline for crisis support
- Phone: 549 241 010 or 608 902 410 (mobile)
- email: help@modralinka.cz
- Skype: modralinka
- 24-hour emotional support telephone hotline, chat support, support through skype and e-mail support.
Denmark
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Livslinien Telephone Hotline for crisis support
- Phone: 70 201 201
- Suicide and emotional support telephone hotline, chat support, and e-mail support.
- Staffed daily from 11 AM to 4 PM
France
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Suicide Écoute Suicide and crisis support
- Phone: 01 45 39 40 00
- Staffed 24/7
Germany
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Telefonseelsorge Telephone Hotline for crisis support
- Phone: 0800/111 0 111, 0800/111 0 222 or 116 123 (free of charge)
- 24-hour phone support, chat support (you need to make an appointment) and e-mail support. In some cities they offer face-to-face counseling
- email: telefonseelsorge@diakonie.de
Support for Children, Teens & Young Adults
Kids Help Phone supporting kids, teens and young adults 20 and under.
- Phone: 116 111
- Free call - Staffed Monday through Saturday 2 PM - 8 PM - Central European Time
Greece
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Telephone Line for Emergency Social Aid 197
- Phone: 197 (free of charge)
- 24-hour phone support
- email: helpline197@ekka.org.gr
India
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 91-44-2464 0050 or 91-44-2464 0060
- 24-hour phone support
- Email: help@snehaindia.org
Ireland
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone (UK/ROI): 116 123
- Free call, hotline staffed 24 hours, every day
- Email: jo@samaritans.org
- Resources for supporting someone online
Italy
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 199 284 284
- from 10 am to 12 pm
- for Trentino Alto Adige
- Phone:800 061650
- Free call - Staffed 24/7
Support for Children, Teens & Young Adults
Telefono Azzurro [ https://www.azzurro.it/it/contatti-0 Local contacts]
- Phone: 19696
- Emergency Phone: 114
- Free call - Staffed 24/7
Japan
General crisis support and suicide hotline
厚生労働省(The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare) による電話相談窓口一覧
- Phone: 0570 064 556
- Free call - Staffed 24/7
Support for Children, Teens & Young Adults
厚生労働省(The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare) による電話相談窓口一覧
- Phone: 0120 99 7777
- Free call - Staffed 16:00 (JST) - 21:00 (JST)
Malaysia
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 03-79568144 or 03-79568145
- 24 Hour support line
- Email: sam@befrienders.org.my
- Walk in Address: 95 Jalan Templer 46000, Petaling Jaya Malaysia
Netherlands
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 0900-0113
- Online chat available from their home page
- Staffed 24/7
- Phone: 0900-1450
- € 0,15 cents per minute, Monday - Friday 09:00 - 18:00
- Online chat available from their home page
- Whatsapp: 06-13863803
- Both available Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:30
- Email: vraag@korrelatie.nl
- Also available Monday - Friday 09:00 - 18:00
New Zealand
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 09 5222 999 (within Auckland) 0800 543 354 (outside Auckland)
- 24 hour support
Singapore
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone: 1800-221 4444
- 24-hour support from trained volunteers
- Email: pat@sos.org.sg
- If you prefer email, may take up to 2 days to hear a response
South Korea
General crisis support and suicide hotline
- Korea Suicide Prevention Center: 1577-0199 (website)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare hotline: 129
- Lifeline Korea: 1588-9191 (Email consulting)
Taiwan
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
Hotline set up by Taiwanese government
- Phone: +886 0800-788-995
- Staffed 24/7
Hotline set up by Taiwanese civil society "生命線"
- Phone (call by landline): 1995
Hotline set up by Taiwanese civil society "張老師"
- Phone (call by landline): 1980
Email support:tspctsos.org.tw
United Kingdom
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
- Phone (UK/ROI): 116 123
- Free call, hotline staffed 24 hours, every day
- Email: jo@samaritans.org
- Resources for supporting someone online
Give Us a Shout (Crisis Text Line) -
- Text "SHOUT" to 85258 - free on major mobile networks
LGBTQIA support
- Phone: 0345 3 30 30 30
- 10am until 10pm Monday to Friday, and 10am until 6pm Saturday
- Email: helpline
lgbt.foundation
- Replies within 72 hours
Support for children
- Phone: 0800 1111 (details)
- Free call, will not show up on phone bills
- Primary support is English-language only.
- British Sign Language support available through third-party app
- Welsh-speaking counselors available by pre-arrangement
- Email: Your locker
- Childline account (free) required to send and receive Childline confidential email
- Online chat: 1-2-1 Chat
- Confidential
- O2 customers will not be charged data or credits
United States
General Crisis support & Suicide hotline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Phone (English): 1-800-273-8255
- Phone (Spanish): 1-888-628-9454
- Phone (Deaf & HoH): 1-800-799-4889
- Resources for getting help
- Resources for supporting someone else
- Text HOME to 741741
LGBTQIA support
- Phone: Trevor Lifeline - 866-488-7386
- Hotline staffed 24 hours, every day
- Text: START to 678678
- Staffed 24 hours, every day
- May incur a texting charge depending on your phone plan
- Online chat
- Staffed 24 hours, every day