Resources for urgent help
If you or someone else is in crisis or immediate danger, do not use this website. Call your local emergency number or a crisis line below.
Bulgaria
- Emergency: 112
- Bulgarian Red Cross helpline (Sofia): 02 492 30 30
- National children’s helpline: 116 111 (24/7, free)
- Hotline for people affected by violence: 02 981 76 86 or 0800 18 676
- Emergency psychiatric help, CPZ “Prof. N. Shipkovenski”: 02 981 00 06 (24/7)
United States
- Emergency: 911
- Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
- Crisis Text Line: text DESERVE to 741-741
- 988 Lifeline chat: https://988lifeline.org/chat
UK & Ireland
- Emergency: 112 or 999
- Non-emergency: 111
- Samaritans 24/7: 116 123
- Shout: text DESERVE to 85258
- https://www.samaritans.org
Canada
- Emergency: 911
- Crisis Services Canada: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca
- Crisis Text Line: text DESERVE to 686868
Australia
- Emergency: 000
- Lifeline: 13 11 14
- Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au
Elsewhere
- Find a local helpline via https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/ or your country’s emergency number (often 112 in the EU).