Suicide Hotlines and Crisis Lines in California, USA
❝Crisis lines and suicide hotlines in California offer you the lifeline you need when you need it most. Reach for the phone, make the call, you have nothing to lose.❞
Helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines let you reach out whenever you need and offer a chance to discuss things you might not be ready to share face-to-face.
They are a great way to be heard and get sound advice. Many are open 24/7, and all are free and confidential.
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CRISIS LINES, SUICIDE HOTLINES, AND HELPLINES IN CALIFORNIA, USA
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Find Your TherapistCrisis Support Services of Alameda County
Butte County Behavioral Health Crisis Lines
Calaveras County Behavioral Health Crisis Line
El Dorado County Psychiatric Health Facility - Telecare
Imperial Valley Crisis Hotline
Lassen Mental Health and Suicide Crisis Hotline
Hotline of Southern California
Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Hotline
Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Teen Line
Marin County Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
Buckelew Suicide Prevention Hotline
Pluma & Sierra County Crisis Lines
Riverside County 24/7 Mental Health Urgent Care
Sacramento County Crisis Intervention Line
The San Diego Access and Crisis Line
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
San Joaquin County Crisis Line
San Luis Obispo County Crisis Line
Santa Barbara County Crisis Line
Santa Barbara County Suicide Line
Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Line
Shasta County Health & Human Services Agency's Access Line
Siskiyou County Crisis Help Line
Stanislaus County Crisis Help Line
Sutter & Yuba Psychiatric Emergency Services (Crisis Services)
Ventura County Behavioral Health
Suicide Prevention of Yolo County
California Youth Crisis Line
California Youth Crisis Line offers 24-hour emotional support for youth, their families, and friends throughout California.
Tel: 1 (800) 843-5200
New Hope Crisis Hotline
New Hope Crisis Hotline provides telephone intervention and telephone suicide prevention counselling to people throughout Garden Grove, California. Trained crisis workers provide peer counselling to those who are struggling to cope with day-to-day life. Services are free and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Tel: 714-639-4673
SLO Hotline
SLO Hotline is a 24-hour confidential mental health support, crisis, and suicide prevention telephone line throughout San Luis Obispo County and nearby counties which also provides mental health resource information.
Tel: 800-783-0607
211 Yolo
211 Yolo offers free, confidential, and 24-hour service to people in Yolo Country, California who are in distress, in crisis, or at risk of suicide.
Tel: 211
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County is a 24-hour crisis line for people in Alameda county who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: 1-800-309-2131
Second Chance Inc. Hotline
Second Chance Inc. Hotline offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in Alameda county.
Tel: 510 792 4357
Butte County Behavioral Health Crisis Lines
Butte County Behavioral Health Crisis Lines offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (530) 891-2810 (Adult)
Tel: (530) 891-2810 (Adult)
Tel: (530) 891-2794 (Youth)
Tel: (800) 371-4373 (Youth)
Calaveras County Behavioral Health Crisis Line
Calaveras County Behavioral Health Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (209) 754-3239
Tel: 1-800-499-4030
Contra Costa Crisis Center
Contra Costa Crisis Center provides 24-hour help to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: 1-800-833-2900
Tel: (925) 938-0725 (TTD/TTY)
El Dorado County Psychiatric Health Facility - Telecare
El Dorado County Psychiatric Health Facility - Telecare provides 24-hour help to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: 530-622-3345 (Placerville)
Tel: 530-544-2219 (South Lake Tahoe)
Didi Hirsh Teen Line
Teen Line provides support, resources, and hope to young people through a hotline of professionally trained teen counsellors and have outreach programs that de-stigmatise and normalise mental health. The telephone and text lines are available from 18:00 to 22:00 PST.
Tel: 800-852-8336 (Nationwide)
Text: TEEN to 839863 (Nationwide)
Imperial Valley Crisis Hotline
Imperial Valley Crisis Hotline offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (760) 482-4000
Tel: 1-800-817-5292
Lassen Mental Health and Suicide Crisis Hotline
Lassen Mental Health and Suicide Crisis Hotline offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in Lassen County.
Tel: 1-888-530-8688
Tel: (530) 251-8108
Hotline of Southern California
Hotline of Southern California provides mental health support for people in Los Alamitos County who are experiencing distress or need emotional support. The lines are available from 10:00 to 00:00.
Tel: (562) 596-5548
Tel: (714) 894-4242
The ACCESS Center
The ACCESS Center, as part of LACDMH’s Help Line, operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as the entry point for mental health services in Los Angeles County.
Tel: (800) 854-7771
Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Hotline
Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Hotline provides direct, confidential, 24-hour telephone counselling to individuals contemplating, threatening, or attempting suicide.
Tel: (310) 391-1253
Tel: 1-877-727-4747
Tel: (877) 550-2525
Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Teen Line
Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Teen Line is available from 18:00 to 22:00, seven days a week.
Tel: 1-800-852-8336 (Toll Free inside California)
Tel: 1-310-855-4673 (Outside California or if line is busy)
Text: TEEN to 839863
Marin County Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
Marin County Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) provides 24-hour screening and intervention services for people who are in distress or suicidal.
Tel: (415) 499-6666
Buckelew Suicide Prevention Hotline
Buckelew Suicide Prevention Hotline offers 24/7, free and confidential crisis support for callers having thoughts of suicide, as well as for friends and family who are worried about loved ones.
Tel: (415) 499-1100
Tel: 415-499-1195(24-Hour Grief Counselling)
Mendocino County Crisis Lines
Mendocino County Crisis Lines offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (707) 964-4747 (Fort Bragg)
Tel: (707) 463-4396 (Ukiah)
Tel: (707) 456-3850 (Willits)
Tel: 1-800-575-(4357) (Community Help Line)
Nevada County Crisis Line
Nevada County Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (530) 265-5811
Placer Country Crisis Line
Placer Country Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (530) 886-5401 (Adult Services)
Tel: 1-888-886-5401 (Adult Services)
Tel: (866) 293-1940 (Family and Children’s Services)
Pluma & Sierra County Crisis Lines
Pluma & Sierra County Crisis Lines offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (530) 283-4333
Tel: 877-757-0029
Tel: 1-877-215-7273
HELPLine - Riverside
HELPLine - Riverside is a free, confidential crisis and suicide intervention service. Operated by highly trained volunteers, the line is open 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.
Tel: (951) 686-(4357)
Riverside County 24/7 Mental Health Urgent Care
Riverside County 24/7 Mental Health Urgent Care provides mental health screening and assessment services and medications to address the needs of those in crisis in a safe, efficient, trauma-informed, and least-restrictive setting.
Tel: (951) 509-2499 (Riverside)
Tel: (951) 349-4195 (Perris)
Sacramento Crisis Lines
Sacramento Crisis Lines offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties.
Tel: (530) 885-2300 (Auburn)
Tel: (916) 645-8866 (Lincoln)
Tel: (916) 773-3111 (Roseville)
Tel: (916) 368-3111 (Sacramento)
Sacramento County Crisis Intervention Line
Sacramento County Crisis Intervention Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (916) 732-3637
San Bernardino Crisis Line
San Bernardino Crisis Line offers telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in San Bernardino County. The line is open every Monday to 20:00.
Tel: 1-800-832-9119
San Diego County Crisis Line
San Diego County Crisis Line offers telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: 1-800-479-3339
The San Diego Access and Crisis Line
The San Diego Access and Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in San Diego County.
Tel: 1-888-724-7240
Friendship Line
The Friendship Line is both a crisis intervention hotline and a warmline for non-emergency emotional support calls. The line is open 24/7.
Tel: 1-800-971-0016
Tel: (415) 752-3778 (San Francisco)
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
San Francisco Suicide Prevention Crisis Line offers 24/7 confidential telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (415) 781-0500
Text: CRISIS, YOUTH or HIV to (415) 200-2920
San Joaquin County Crisis Line
San Joaquin County Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (209) 468-8686
San Luis Obispo County Crisis Line
San Luis Obispo County Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: (805) 549-8989
StarVista Crisis Hotline
StarVista Crisis Hotline offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in San Mateo County.
Tel: 650-579-0350 (North County)
Tel: (650) 368-6655 (South County)
Tel: (650) 726-6655 (Coastside)
Teen Crisis Services
Teen Crisis Services consist of an online teen chat and teen text line, which are free, peer-to-peer services.
Online: https://sanmateocrisis.org/
Text: 650-747-6463
Santa Barbara County Crisis Line
Santa Barbara County Crisis Line offers 24-hour telephone counselling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support.
Tel: 800-400-1572
Tel: 800-784-2433
Santa Barbara County Suicide Line
Santa Barbara County Suicide Line offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal.
Tel: 800-784-2433
Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Line
Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Line offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support or who are suicidal.
Tel: 408-279-3312 (San Jose)
Tel: (650) 494-8420 (North County)
Tel: (408) 683-2482 (South County)
Text: RENEW to 741741
Suicide Crisis Line
Suicide Crisis Line offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast.
Tel: 1-877-663-5433
Suicide Prevention Service
Suicide Prevention Service offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal.
Tel: (831) 458-5300 (Santa Cruz County)
Tel: (831) 649-8008 (Monterey Peninsula)
Shasta County Health & Human Services Agency's Access Line
Shasta County Health & Human Services Agency's Access Line offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support ,or who are suicidal.
Tel: (530) 225-5252
Tel: (888) 385-5201 (toll free)
Siskiyou County Crisis Help Line
Siskiyou County Crisis Help Line offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal.
Tel: 1-800-842-8979
Stanislaus County Crisis Help Line
Stanislaus County Crisis Help Line offers 24-hour help and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal.
Tel: (209) 558-4600
Sutter & Yuba Psychiatric Emergency Services (Crisis Services)
Sutter & Yuba Psychiatric Emergency Services (Crisis Services) offers 24-hour services to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal in Sutter & Yuba County.
Tel: (530) 673-8255
Tel: (888) 923-3800
Ventura County Behavioral Health
Ventura County Behavioral Health provides 24-hour crisis intervention services for psychiatric emergencies.
Tel: (805) 652-6727
Tel: 1-866-998-2243
Suicide Prevention of Yolo County
Suicide Prevention of Yolo County provides 24-hour crisis intervention services and support to those who are experiencing distress, need emotional support, or who are suicidal.
Tel: (530) 756-5000 (Davis)
Tel: (530) 666-7778 (Woodland)
Tel: (916) 372-6565 (West Sacramento)
Tel: (888) 233-0228 (Toll free)
ASK Teen Crisis Lines
ASK Teen Crisis Lines provide 24-hour availability to teens and families in crisis. Whatever the problem, teens are welcome to call this confidential crisis line for support.
Tel: (530) 753-0797 (Davis)
Tel: (530) 668-8445 (Woodland)
Tel: (916) 371-3779 (West Sacramento)
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