Emergency Numbers

Men at Risk™ lists of nationwide emergency and crisis numbers. If you are in crisis, 1st call 911 while you're looking in the front of your local yellow pages the local suicide prevention hotline or crisis center or try your local Gay & Lesbian Center, which usually offers referrals for counseling, domestic violence and suicide prevention.. If you can't get through to any of those, try one of the crisis line below. Also, visit www.metanoia.org/suicide which contains conversations and writings for suicidal persons to read, gay youth suicide at www.sws.soton.ac.uk/gay-youth-suicide and youth: suicide at www.virtualcity.com/youthsuicide . If you're feeling at all suicidal, be sure to read this page. It might just save your life.

• AIDS Teen Hotline - 4-8pm CST - 800.234.TEEN
• AIDS Hotlines: US Public Health Service - 24-hours 800.342.2437. Spanish speaking: 24-hours 800.344.7332. Hearing impaired: 24-hours 800.243.7889
• Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hotline 800-ALCOHOL
• American Psychological Association Public Education Line. This is a toll-free call, and the number has a live operator answering 24 hours a day, seven days a week (if you press "10"). After an initial discussion, they will connect you to the American Psychological Association chapter in your state, who will give you a local referral to PSYCHOLOGISTS ONLY. Most state APA chapters keep normal business hours. 800.964.2000 or www.helping.apa.org
• American Psychiatric Association Answer Center. Contacting this number is a toll call, and live operators are only available from 8:30am to 6:00pm EST. Otherwise it's somewhat similar to the 1-800 line discussed immediately before. The operator will refer you to the American Psychiatric Association chapter in your state, but you are required to hang up and dial that number; they cannot automatically connect you. The state chapters, which are open during normal business hours, can refer you to Psychiatrists Only. 202.682.6000 or www.psych.org
• Boys Town National Crisis Line - 24 hours a day, every day: the only national crisis line that children and parents can call with any problem, any time. You can refer troubled familise to the Hotline which is staffed by caring pofessionals. 800.448.3000, or for TDD call 800.448.1833
• California Missing Children - 800.222.3463
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov
• Child Find/A Way Out - 800.292.9688
• Child Find of Am, PO Box 277, New Platz, NY 12561 800.426.5678
• Childhelp USA's National Child Abuse Hotline - 800.422.4453
• Children of the Night, Short term crisis - 800.551.1300
• Children's Rights of America Youth Crisis Hotline - 800.442.4673
• Cocaine Helpline - 800.262.2463
• Consumer Product Safety Commission Notify about products, cribs, children's toys that are dangerous or easily broken. 800.638.CPSC.
• Contact Literacy Center National Literacy Hotline - 800.228.8813
• Counseling On-Line: www.befrienders.org/email.html (A 24-Hour confidential e-mail service by the Samaritans) Also, kidshelp.sympatico.ca A service for young people - also addresses issues other than suicide.
• Covenant House Nineline, Short term crisis, 800.999.9999 24 hours
• Crisis for the Physically & Mentally Challenged - 800.426.4263 (Regional-not sure what region.)
• Florida - First Call For Help www.467-need.com/index1.html 954.467.6333 24 hours
• Gay Youth Suicide - www.sws.soton.ac.uk/gay-youth-suicide/
• Grief Recorvery Helpline - 6a-9p PST - 800.445.4808
• Homosexuals Anonymous - 800.288.4237
• Incest Survivors - 505.521.4260
• IYG - peer counseling for gay, lesbian & bisexual youth - 800.347.8336
• Kidshelp: kidshelp.sympatico.ca - a service for young people which also addresses issues in addition to suicide.
• Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN). This is a toll-free call -- and can also be accessed by dialing 1-877-495-0009. Live operators are available from 8:30am to 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). The operator will first ask you if you've tried to obtain help through your private health insurance plan. However, this number also provides referral to public mental health clinics near your home; you'll have to hang up and re-dial to the local number they give you. The KEN line is run by the Federal Government's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). 800.789.2647 or www.mentalhealth.org
• Louisiana - Our House - 888.442.TEEN or 318.343.TEEN 24 hours a day help, sucide, information for Region VIII includes Monroe, West Monroe, Calhoun www.teen-help.com/
• Maine HIV/AIDS Maine Teen Hotline800.851.2437 Wednesdays from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Free call in Maine
• Mental Health Crisis Line- 800.222.8220
• Metanoia - Contains conversations and writings for suicidal persons to read. If you're feeling at all suicidal, be sure to read this page before you take any action. It might just save your life. www.metanoia.org/suicide
• National Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hotline - 800.252.6465
• National AIDS Hotline - English - 800.342.2473; Spanish - 800.344.7432
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - 24-hour hotline at 800.843.5678
• National Child Abuse Hotline - 800.422.4453
• National Child Pornography Tipline and CyberTipline - Handles calls fromindividuals reporting the sexual exploitation of children through the production and distribution of pornography. 800.843.5678 or www.cybertipline.com
• National Council on Child Abuse & Family Violence - 800.222.2000
• National Crisis Helpline - for use in locating the nearest crisis service in the United States - 800.999.9999
• National Hopeline Network, The Hope Line connects people in immediate distress to a Crisis Center. Calls are answered by certified counselors 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When the system is fully operational, your call should be routed to a center nearest your home. A trained counselor should answer within two or three rings, or about 20 to 30 seconds, from the moment you dial 800.SUICIDE or www.hopeline.org
• National Life Center Hotline/Pregnancy Hotline - 800.848.5683
• National Network of Runaway & Youth Services. Networks with youth shelters and other community based groups. 1319 F St NW #401, Washington, DC 20004 202.783.7949
• National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse - 800.KIDS.006
• National Runaway Switchboard operates a confidential hotline for runaway youth, teens in crisis, and concerned friends and family members. All services are free and available 24 hours every day. and include: Crisis Intervention, Message relay between runaways and their parent/legal guardian, Referrals and conference to community-based resources such as counseling, support groups, alternative housing, and health care, Home Free program in partnership with Greyhound Buslines, Inc. to help runaways return home to their families, Education and outreach services, Free NRS promotional materials for distribution at community events, school assemblies, and health fairs. 24 hr Crisis 800.621.4000 info@nrscrisisline.org or www.nrscrisisline.org (1/01)
• National Victim Center Infolink - M-F 8:30a-5:30p - 800.FYI.CALL
• National Youth Crisis Hotline CA - crisis for runaways & parents needing immediate assistance - 800.448.4663
• New Hampshire Headrest Teenline 800.639.6095 24 hours Free call from anywhere in New Hampshire and Vermont
• Oklahoma TEENLINE 800.522.8336 Hours: noon to midnight This number is available throughout the US
• On Line Counseling is available at the following addresses and sites: Samaritans www.befrienders.org/email.html (A 24-Hour confidential e-mail service) and kidshelp.sympatico.ca - a service for young people which also addresses issues in addition to suicide. Talk to a therapist online - this is a list of over 200 psychotherapists and other professionally trained counselors who will interact with you via the Internet. Some can respond within 24-36 hours. Most charge a small fee but can be worth it. Be sure to read the background information.
• Out Youth Often Helpline - 800.969.6884
• Poison Control Center - California - 24 hour crisis line - 800.8POISON (76-4766) or www.calpoison.org (3/00)
• Samaritans www.befrienders.org/email.html A 24-Hour confidential e-mail service. The Samaritans - trained volunteers are available 24 hours a day to listen and provide emotional support. You can call a volunteer on the phone, or e-mail them. Confidential and non-judgmental.
• Sexual Addiction Access Helpline - Phildelphia - 800.362.2644
• South Carolina TeenLine 800.922.2283 Hours: Weekday evenings. Free call from Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties www.awod.com/hotline/teenline.html
• Suicide Prevention Crisis Lines - Call 911
• Texas Youth Hotline 800.210.2278 24 hours a dayFree call from anywhere in Texas www.tdprs.state.tx.us/Prevention_&_Early_Intervention/Helping_Youth_&_Families/youth.asp
• 1-800-THERAPIST. This is a toll-free number, and it's a free referral service. It appears you can only talk to a "referral resource counselor" during normal business hours. The advantage to using this service is that after an initial telephone evaluation, they can refer you to the full range of mental clinicians including a psychiatrist, psychologist, marriage or family therapist, clinical social worker, licensed professional counselor, or psychiatric nurse. 800.843.7274 or www.1-800-THERAPIST.com
• The Trevor Project - 24-hour suicide prevention hotline for gay youths. Call before you fall:  The Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization named for the short film about a 13-year-old boy who attempts suicide because of his sexuality, has established a national toll free, 24-hour suicide prevention hotline for gay youths. 800.850.8078.
• Vermont Headrest Teenline 800.639.6095 24 hours
• Victims of Crime Resource Center - 800.627.6872
• Web Sites - For Gay Youth - www.sws.soton.ac.uk/gay-youth-suicide For Youth: www.virtualcity.com/youthsuicide
• Youth Suicide - www.virtualcity.com/youthsuicide/
  
  

  ---

  Help find a missing child!
  800.843.5678
  24-Hour Hotline

   

  ---

  

*    *    *

I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide. - William James

Real Men Ask For Help!

---

Contacat Us
Men at Risk™ is a project of The National Men's Resource Center™
©1996-2008, The National Men's Resource Center