Suicide Hotlines and Crisis Lines in Cambodia

A helpline is a place to talk to someone when you are struggling, before or instead of a crisis. The services on this page are answered by trained phone counsellors or by mental health professionals, depending on the service. If you are not in Cambodia, the worldwide list is organised by country.

What you share is kept private in almost all cases; if a counsellor believes a life is in immediate danger, they may arrange urgent help. What each service costs is set out beside it below, because one of these services states that its calls are free and the others do not publish what a call costs.

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CRISIS LINES, SUICIDE HOTLINES, AND HELPLINES IN CAMBODIA

Each number below was checked in September 2026 at the operating organisation's own website, or at the official register of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia.

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Emergency numbers, and what each one is for

Child Helpline Cambodia, 1280, for children and young people

TPO Cambodia's suicide-prevention hotline

TPO Cambodia's Treatment Center, Phnom Penh

While you are waiting to be answered

If you are worried about someone else

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Emergency numbers, and what each one is for

Cambodia runs three separate national emergency numbers, listed under "Emergency codes" on the official register of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia.

Ambulance: 119

Police: 117

Fire: 118

If someone's life is in danger, or you cannot keep yourself safe, call 119 or go straight to the emergency department of the nearest hospital.

Child Helpline Cambodia, 1280, for children and young people

Child Helpline Cambodia is a free national telephone counselling, information and referral line for children and young people, answered by trained phone counsellors. Its own site says: "Child Helpline has counsellors available to talk to you at any time. Call 1280 for free from anywhere in Cambodia."

Its counsellors, in the organisation's own words, "either hold university degrees in psychology, social work, sociology, humanities or law, or, have significant related field experience", and they work morning, afternoon and overnight shifts. Where a caller needs direct services such as shelter, medical care or legal help, the counsellor refers into a network of vetted partner organisations, with the caller's consent.

This is a service for children and young people, not a general adult line. The site does not publish an upper age limit. The helpline also answers written questions through a form on its website, with a counsellor replying by email in one to three days; that channel is for questions, not for a crisis.

Tel: 1280

Email: cambodiachildhelpline@gmail.com

Hours: 24 hours, in the organisation's own words: "Free 24 hour phone counselling".

Cost: free, in the organisation's own words: "free from any phone, including mobiles with zero credit".

TPO Cambodia's suicide-prevention hotline

TPO Cambodia (Transcultural Psychosocial Organization) describes itself as Cambodia's leading NGO in mental health care and psychosocial support, staffed by psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors and psychiatric nurses.

On its Khmer-language suicide-prevention pages it publishes a hotline for people who are having thoughts of suicide and want counselling and emotional support. In the page's own words, translated: "If you know you are having thoughts of suicide and want to seek consultation and counselling, and to find emotional support, please contact:".

Tel: 017 222 372

Hours: not published. TPO does not state when this line is answered, and it does not state whether the line is answered from anywhere in Cambodia. If you call and no one answers, the emergency numbers at the top of this page are the route, and 1280 answers at any hour if you are a child or young person.

Cost: not published.

TPO Cambodia's Treatment Center, Phnom Penh

This is not a crisis line. It is included because it is the main professional doorway to mental health treatment in Cambodia: an out-patient clinic where you can phone during office hours and speak to someone about what comes next. TPO's own site calls its Treatment Center "thé place in Cambodia for out-patient consultation and treatment of all types of psychosocial, psychological and psychiatric conditions", staffed by "qualified and experienced psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors and psychiatric nurses", and its listed services include phone counseling.

TPO's getting-help page says: "you can also contact TPO Cambodia on Tel 023 63 66 991 (Mon–Fri 8am–12pm and 1–4pm). We will listen to you and discuss with you what could be your next step."

Tel: 023 63 66 991 (from outside Cambodia: +855 (0) 23 63 66 991), Mon–Fri 8am–12pm and 1–4pm.

Tel: 016 222 597 and 095 777 004, the Treatment Center clinic, which TPO's contact page lists as "Open Monday to Sunday, 8–12am and 1–4pm". If ringing from outside Cambodia, TPO's instruction is to dial +855 and drop the initial 0.

TPO also runs field offices at Chamkar Leu Referral Hospital in Kampong Cham (078 666 525) and Oraing Ov Referral Hospital in Tboung Khmum (092 222 424).

Cost: not published.

While you are waiting to be answered

A line that is open can still be busy, and one of the lines above does not publish its hours. If you are waiting, try to stay with someone you trust, or ask someone to sit with you until the call connects.

If you have anything near you that you could use to harm yourself, put it somewhere harder to reach, or ask someone else to hold it for you. Distance and time both help.

If waiting is not possible, dial 119 or 117, or go to a hospital emergency department. You do not need an appointment and you do not need to explain yourself well.

If you are worried about someone else

Ask them directly. Asking someone whether they are thinking of suicide does not put the idea there, and it often comes as a relief to be asked plainly.

Listen more than you advise. You do not need the right words, and you are not expected to fix anything.

If they are willing, offer to sit with them while they call one of the numbers above, or to make the call together. If they are in immediate danger, treat it as you would any medical emergency.

Supporting someone through this is heavy, and it is reasonable to want support of your own. If you are worried about a child or young person, 1280 is answered at any hour and its counsellors can advise you on what to do next.

For services in other countries, see the list of helplines and suicide hotlines worldwide.

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