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Your life is valuable.

Are you considering suicide or know someone who is? Or do you simply need more resources beyond the scope of this site? No worries, I’ve got you covered.

Here’s a list of helplines and websites by country (if I’ve missed anything, please let me know):

  • The Americas
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • The Pacific

North & Central America

Canada 🇨🇦

Emergency: 911

Kids Help Phone: Call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
Crisis Services Canada: Call 1-833-456-4566 or text ‘Start’ to 45645
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 686868
Trans Lifeline: 877-330-6366
Youthspace.ca: Text 778-783-0177

USA 🇺🇸

Emergency: 911

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Veterans Crisis Line: Call 1-800-273-8255 and press 1 or text 838255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
The Trevor Project: Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678 (for LGBTQI)
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

Mexico 🇲🇽

Emergency: 911

SAPTEL: (55) 5259-8121

Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador etc

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South America

Brazil 🇧🇷

Emergency: 190

Centro de Valorização da Vida: 188

Argentina 🇦🇷

Emergency: 911

SOS Un Amigo Anónimo: 4783-8888
Centro de Atención al Familiar del Suicida: (54-11) 4758-2554

Centro de Asistencia al Suicida:

  • 135 (Greater Buenos Aires)
  • 5275-1135 (Rest of the country)
Ecuador 🇪🇨

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Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Venezuela, Peru etc

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The Caribbean

Cuba 🇨🇺

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Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

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Jamaica 🇯🇲

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The Bahamas, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti etc

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British Isles

UK 🇬🇧

Emergency: 999 or 112

Samaritans: 116 123
Shout: Text 85258
Childline: 0800 1111
PAPYRUS: 0800 068 41 41 (for teenagers and young adults)

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM):

  • 0800 58 58 58 (nationwide)
  • 0808 802 58 58 (London)
Ireland 🇮🇪

Emergency: 999 or 112

Samaritans: 116 123

Western & Central Europe

Germany 🇩🇪

Emergency: 112

Telefonseelsorge:

  • 0800 111 0 111 (Protestant)
  • 0800 111 0 222 (Catholic)
  • 0800 111 0 333 (for children and youth)

Nummer gegen Kummer:

  • 116 111 (for children and youth)
  • 0800 111 0 550 (for parents)
France 🇫🇷

Emergency: 112

Fil santé jeunes: 0800 235 236 (for youth)
Suicide écoute: 01 45 39 40 00
SOS Suicide Phénix: 01 40 44 46 45
SOS Amitié: 09 72 39 40 50
SOS Help: 01 46 21 46 46 (English)
La Croix Rouge Ecoute: 0 800 858 858

Austria 🇦🇹

Emergency: 112

Telefonseelsorge: 142
Rat auf Draht: 147 (for children and youth)

Belgium 🇧🇪

Emergency: 112

Zelfmoordlijn 1813: 1813 (Dutch)
Centre de Prévention du Suicide: 0800 32 123 (French)

The Netherlands 🇳🇱

Emergency: 112

113Online: 0900-0113

Switzerland 🇨🇭

Emergency: 112

Die dargebotene Hand: 143

Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Emergency: 112

SOS Détresse: 45 45 45

Kanner-Jugendtelefon:

  • 116 111 (for children)
  • 26 64 05 55 (for parents)
Hungary 🇭🇺

Emergency: 112

Magyar Lelki Elsősegély Telefonszolgálatok Szövetsége (LESZ): 116-123
Kék Vonal Gyermekkrízis Alapítvány: 116-111 (for children and youth)

Poland 🇵🇱

Emergency: 112

Linia Wsparcia: 800 70 22 22
Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje: 116 111 (for children and youth)
Telefon Zaufania dla Osób Dorosłych w Kryzysie Emocjonalnym: 116 123

Olsztynski Telefon Zaufania ‘Anonimowy Przyjaciel:

  • 89 19288
  • 89 527 00 00
Slovakia 🇸🇰

Emergency: 112

Linka dôvery Nezábudka: 0800 800 566
IPčko.sk (for youth)
chcemsazabit.sk (for youth)
Dobrá Linka (for young people with disabilities)
nenormalne.sk
Liga za duševné zdravie SR

Slovenia 🇸🇮

Emergency: 112

Zaupni telefon Samarijan in Sopotnik: 116 123
TOM – telefon za otroke in mladostnike: 116 111 (for children and youth)
Klic v duševni stiski: (01) 520-99-00
Ženska svetovalnica – krizni center: 031 233 211 (for women who are victims of violence)

Czech Republic 🇨🇿

Emergency: 112

Linka bezpečí: 116 111 (for children and youth up to age 26)
Pražská linka důvěry: 222 580 697
Krizovém portálu E-linky

Linka důvěry Ostrava:

  • 596 618 908
  • 737 267 939

Linka duševní tísně Most:

  • 476 701 444
  • ldt.most (Skype)

Linka důvěry DKC:

  • 241 484 149 (landline)
  • 777 715 215 (mobile)
  • ld_dkc (Skype)
Lichtenstein, Monaco

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Northern Europe

Denmark 🇩🇰

Emergency: 112

Livslinien: 70 201 201
BørneTelefonen: 116 111 (for children)

Norway 🇳🇴

Emergency: 112 (police) and 113 (medical emergencies)

Mental Helse: 116 123
Kirkens SOS: 22 40 00 40
sidetmedord.no

Sweden 🇸🇪

Emergency: 112

Hjälplinjen: 0771-22 00 60
BRIS – Barnens rätt i samhället: 116 111 (for children up to age 18)
Kyrkans SOS: 031-80 06 50
Lifeline: 08 – 512 56 040 (only Fri and Sat nights between 21:00 and 06:00)
Sveriges Veteranförbund Fredsbaskrarna – Kamratstöd: 020-666 333 (for veterans)
Jourhavande medmänniska: 08 – 702 16 80 (every night from 21:00 to 06:00)
Palveleva puhelin – Svenska kyrkans finskspråkiga telefonjour: 020-26 25 00 (Finnish)
Föreningen Tilia (for youth under 30)
Jourhavande kompis (for youth 25 and under)
Killfrågor (for men)

mind.se:

  • 90101 (suicide line)
  • 020-22 22 33 (for elders)
  • 020-85 20 00 (for parents)
Finland 🇫🇮

Emergency: 112

MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry:

  • 09 2525 0111
  • 09 2525 0112 (Swedish)
  • 09 2525 0113 (Arabic and English)

Mielenterveyden keskusliitto ry:

  • 0203 91920 (8.35 cents/call + 16.69 cents/minute)
  • 0800 177599 (free peer support)

Syömishäiriöliitto SYLI ry: 02 251 9207 (only on Mondays from 9am-3pm, for people with eating disorders)

Iceland 🇮🇸

Emergency: 112

Hjálparsími Rauða Krossins: 1717

Southern Europe

Greece 🇬🇷

Emergency: 112

Suicide Help Greece: 1018

Malta 🇲🇹

Emergency: 112

Appogg Supportline 179: 179

Cyprus 🇨🇾

Emergency: 112 and 199

Cyprus Samaritans: 8000 7773

Croatia 🇭🇷

Emergency: 112

Plavi Telefon: 48 33 888

Spain 🇪🇸

Emergency: 112

Teléfono de la Esperanza: 717 003 717

Portugal 🇵🇹

Emergency: 112

Voz de Apoio: 225 50 60 70
Associação Telefone da Esperança: 222 030 707
Telefone da Amizade: 22 832 35 35

Conversa Amiga:

  • 808 237 327
  • 210 027 159

Sos Voz Amiga:

  • 213 544 545
  • 912 802 669
  • 963 524 660

Sos Estudante:

  • 239 484 020
  • 915 246 060
  • 969 554 545
Italy 🇮🇹

Emergency: 112

Telefono Amico: 199 284 284
Telefono Azzurro: 19696 (for children and youth)
Servizio per la Prevenzione del Suicidio (SPS)

Samaritans – ONLUS:

  • 800 86 00 22 (landline)
  • 06 77208977 (mobile)
Serbia 🇷🇸

Emergency: 192 (police) and 194 (ambulance)

Centar Srce: 0800-300-303

Andorra, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania

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East Europe & Russia

Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Emergency: 112

Sofia Hotline: 0035 9249 17 223

Romania 🇷🇴

Emergency: 112

Alianţa Română de Prevenţie a Suicidului: 0800 801 200

TelVerde antidepresie: 0800 0800 20

Ukraine 🇺🇦

Emergency: 102 (police) and 103 (ambulance)

Telephone of confidence “Stavropyghion-058” Lviv: 058

Odessa:

  • 0487 327715
  • 0482 226565
Russia 🇷🇺

Emergency: 112

24-hour emergency number for Moscow residents: 051 (or 8495051)
Samaritans (Cherepovets): 007 (8202) 577-577
Youth Crisis Line: (7) 0942 224 621

Armenia 🇦🇲

Emergency: 112 and 911

Trust Social Work and Sociological Research Centre: (2) 538194 or (2) 538197

Estonia 🇪🇪

Emergency: 112

Eluliin:

  • 655 8088 (Estonian)
  • 655 5688 (Russian)
Lithuania 🇱🇹

Emergency: 112

Vilties linija: 116 123
Vaikų linija: 116 111 (for children)
Jaunimo linija: 8 800 28888 (for youth)
Pagalbos moterims linija: 8 800 66366 (for women)
Linija Doverija: 8 800 77277 (Russian)

Latvia 🇱🇻

Emergency: 112

Skalbes:

  • 371 6 7222922
  • 371 2 7722292
Belarus 🇧🇾

Emergency: 102 (police) and 103 (ambulance)

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 8-801-100-8-801
Child Helpline Belarus: 801-100-1611
Regional helplines: minzdrav.gov.by

Georgia, Moldova

Coming soon!

North Africa

Morocco 🇲🇦

Emergency: 19 (police) and 15 (ambulance)

Sourire de Reda: +212 5228-74740
Stop Silence

Algeria 🇩🇿

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Tunisia 🇹🇳

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Egypt, Libya, Sudan

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West Africa

Nigeria 🇳🇬

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Mali 🇲🇱

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Mauritania 🇲🇷

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Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana etc

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Central Africa

Chad 🇹🇩

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Cameroon 🇨🇲

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Central African Republic 🇨🇫

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Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon etc

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East Africa

Sudan 🇸🇩

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Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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Somalia 🇸🇴

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Kenya, Eritrea, Uganda, South Sudan etc

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Southern Africa

South Africa 🇿🇦

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Angola 🇦🇴

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Tanzania 🇹🇿

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Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho etc

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The Islands

Madagascar 🇲🇬

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Seychelles 🇸🇨

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Mauritius 🇲🇺

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Cape Verde, São Tome and Principe, Comoros etc

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West and Central Asia

Turkey 🇹🇷

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Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

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Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

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Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan etc

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The Middle East

Afghanistan 🇦🇫

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Iran 🇮🇷

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Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

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United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait etc

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South Asia

India 🇮🇳

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Pakistan 🇵🇰

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Nepal 🇳🇵

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Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh etc

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East Asia

China 🇨🇳

Emergency: 110

Lifeline Shanghai: 400 821 1215
Shanghai Mental Health Center: 021-64387250
Shenzhen Kangning Hospital 0755-25629459
Mental Health Center of School of Medicine of Zhejiang University: 0571-85029595

Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center:

  • 800-810-1117 (landline)
  • 010-8295-1332 (mobile and VOIP)

Guangzhou Crisis Research and Intervention Center:

  • 020-81899120
  • 020-12320-5
  • 1661042151 (QQ Messenger)
Japan 🇯🇵

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South Korea 🇰🇷

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Mongolia, Taiwan etc

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South East Asia

Vietnam 🇻🇳

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Malaysia 🇲🇾

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Singapore 🇸🇬

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Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Timur Leste etc

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Australia 🇦🇺

Emergency: 000

National Lifelines and Helplines

Lifeline: Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 (for kids aged 5-25)
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
Headspace: 1800 650 890 (for youth aged 12-25)
MindSpot Clinic: 1800 61 44 34
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
SANE Australia: 1800 18 7263
QLife: 1800 184 527 (for LGBTQI)
Wellways: 1300 111 500
Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277
Carers Australia: 1800 242 636
Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA): 1300 726 306
Open Arms — Veterans and Families Counselling: 1800 011 046
Blue Knot Foundation Helpline: 1300 657 380 (for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse)
Butterfly Foundation’s National Helpline: 1800 33 4673 (for sufferers of eating disorders and body image issues)

The Samaritans:

  • 135 247 (Helpline)
  • 1800 198 313 (Youthline WA)
Websites

Black Dog Institute
Embrace Multicultural Mental Health
Head to Health
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
ReachOut Australia
Youth Beyond Blue
This Way Up
Moodgym
R U OK?

New Zealand 🇳🇿

North Island

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South Island

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Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

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Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, Vanuatu, Niue, New Caledonia, etc

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