Suicide Hotlines and Crisis Lines in the Dominican Republic

A helpline is a place to talk to someone when you are struggling, before or instead of a crisis. The lines on this page are answered by psychology professionals or trained counsellors, depending on the service. If you are not in the Dominican Republic, 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.

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CRISIS LINES, SUICIDE HOTLINES, AND HELPLINES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Each number below was checked in September 2026 at the operating organisation's own website, or at an official Dominican government page.

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The emergency number, 9-1-1

Linea de Salud Mental 809-200-1400, moving to 811, the national mental-health line

Linea Mujer *212, for women experiencing violence

Linea Familiar, emotional support for families, children and adolescents

While you are waiting to be answered

If you are worried about someone else

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The emergency number, 9-1-1

The Dominican Republic runs a single national emergency number for police, ambulance and fire, the Sistema Nacional de Atencion a Emergencias y Seguridad. In the government's own description, the system provides "una respuesta coordinada, consolidada y efectiva a las llamadas de emergencias realizadas por nacionales y extranjeros en Republica Dominicana" — a coordinated, consolidated and effective response to emergency calls made by nationals and foreigners in the Dominican Republic.

All emergencies: 9-1-1

Linea de Salud Mental 809-200-1400, moving to 811, the national mental-health line

The state's national mental-health contact centre, run by the Ministerio de Salud Publica with OGTIC and promoted by the Office of the First Lady. The number official service pages still print is 809-200-1400, and the government is enabling the short code 811 to replace it, so both are given here. Callers reach "un equipo de profesionales en psicologia" offering "una primera ayuda psicologica inmediata" — a team of psychology professionals offering immediate psychological first aid, in the words of OGTIC, its co-operator.

Its published case list covers panic attacks, suicidal ideation with immediate intervention and support in situations of risk, depression, domestic violence, and stress and mental fatigue. It refers callers on into the public health network. This is a national service: in OGTIC's words, "podemos llegar a personas en todo el pais" — "we can reach people across the whole country".

Tel: 809-200-1400

Tel: 811

Hours: for 809-200-1400, every day from 8:00 a.m. to midnight, in OGTIC's own words: "de lunes a viernes y fines de semana, desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta las 12:00 a.m." For 811, the official wording is "atencion gratuita y permanente" — free and permanent attention; no verified round-the-clock claim is published, so none is made here.

Cost: free. OGTIC calls it a "linea telefonica gratuita", and the Ministry of Health describes 811 as providing "atencion gratuita y permanente".

Linea Mujer *212, for women experiencing violence

Linea Mujer is the Ministerio de la Mujer's emergency line for women experiencing violence. It serves, in the ministry's own words, "todas las mujeres, con sus ninos, ninas y adolescentes (NNA) victimas de cualquier tipo de violencia, sin discriminacion de raza, nacionalidad, religion o condicion social" — all women, with their children and adolescents, victims of any type of violence, without discrimination of race, nationality, religion or social condition.

The line offers legal and psychological assistance, and it can arrange physical rescue: rescues are carried out in coordination with the National Police's 911 and through the Provincial and Municipal Women's Offices across the country.

Tel: *212 — the ministry's instruction is to call *212 from any telephone, without charges.

Tel: 809-200-7212

Email: lineaemergencia@mujer.gob.do

Hours: 24 hours, in the ministry's own words: "24 horas".

Cost: free, in the ministry's own words: "Gratis".

Linea Familiar, emotional support for families, children and adolescents

Linea Familiar is a programme of the Instituto de Salud Mental y Telepsicologia (ISAMT), with UNICEF support. In the organisation's own words, it "ofrece apoyo emocional a toda la familia, con especial atencion a ninos, ninas y adolescentes, sin importar su condicion migratoria, religiosa o de cualquier otro tipo" — it offers emotional support to the whole family, with special attention to children and adolescents, regardless of migratory, religious or any other status.

It provides free psychological assistance delivered remotely, by telephone, WhatsApp and chat.

Tel: 809-636-3507

WhatsApp: 849-258-4479

WhatsApp: 829-697-0004 — the organisation labels this number "Disponible para personas con discapacidad", available for people with disabilities.

Chat: live chat on the organisation's website

Hours: not published. The organisation's own site states no hours anywhere we could read. If you call and no one answers, the numbers above are the route: the national mental-health line answers every day until midnight, and 9-1-1 is open at any hour.

Cost: free, in the organisation's own words: "asistencia psicologica gratuita".

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 9-1-1 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. The national mental-health line is there for you as well, and Linea Familiar's own description includes the whole family.

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

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