U.S. HOTLINES AND IMMEDIATE TELEPHONE SUPPORT
If you or someone you know needs immediate help in the U.S., call any of the lines below to talk to someone in your local area. They can listen to you and direct you to local resources if further assistance is needed. If someone has talked to you about suicide, and you believe they are currently a threat to themselves or someone else but won’t take your help, call 911.
- 988 New U.S. Suicide Hotline (Available 24 hours. Languages in English and Spanish)
- (888)628-9454 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Spanish Language Available
- (800)799-4889 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Deaf & Hard of Hearing Options
- (800)784-2432 1-800-SUICIDA Spanish Speaking Suicide Hotline
- (877)968-8454 1-877-YOUTHLINE Teen to Teen Peer Counseling Hotline
- (866)488-7386 TrevorLifeLine for LGBTQ Support
- (877)565-8860 Trans Lifeline
You can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor from crisistextline.org.
IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
- List of International Online Crisis Intervention Services
- List of International Resources and Crisis Centers
FIND A THERAPIST NEAR YOU IN THE UNITED STATES
To find a variety of resources available globally, please visit below pages:
- Individual Support
- Find a community
- Online Support Group
- Local Resources
- Find a doctor
- Interactive Online Communities
Additional Online Resources for Depression and Suicide:
- IASP International Association for Suicide Prevention
- Inspire iFred’s Anxiety and Depression Support Community
- Healthy Place
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Grief Recovery
- World Health Organization
- Mental Health America
- National Institute of Mental Health
- PsychCentral
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Children’s Mental Health Network
- American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology Find a Psychopharmacologist (doctor who specializes in medication)
- If a friend or relative is suicidal visit:
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/81.cfm - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Policy: Crisis Centers Best Practices
* Our understanding of the Hopeline / IMAlive has been working to follow the same guidelines that the Samaritans of the UK Philosophy and Befrienders International follow which is non-intervention.
Please download a list of our guidelines here.
Depression Statistics
- Good Everyday Health Overview – http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-report/major-depression/depression-statistics.aspx
- NIMH depression stats – http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/prevalence/major-depression-among-adults.shtml
- CDC suicide stats – http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/Suicide_DataSheet-a.pdf
“To most of those who have experienced it, the horror of depression is so overwhelming as to be quite beyond expression. . . if depression had no termination, then suicide would, indeed, be the only remedy. But. . . depression is not the soul’s annihilation; men and women who have recovered from the disease-and they are countless-bear witness to what is probably its only saving grace: it is conquerable.”
William Styron
