Suicide Hotlines and Crisis Lines in Montenegro

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 psychologists, pedagogues, counsellors or trained volunteers, depending on the service. If you are not in Montenegro, 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 MONTENEGRO

Each number below was checked in September 2026 at the operating organisation's own website, at the Montenegrin government's pages, or at the national communications regulator's list of emergency numbers.

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Emergency numbers, and what each one is for

SOS telefon za djecu i mlade 116 111, the national line for children and young people

Nacionalna SOS linija za žrtve nasilja u porodici 080 111 111, for people experiencing domestic violence

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

Montenegro runs the single European emergency number alongside its older sector numbers. All five are published side by side by the national communications regulator, EKIP, under the heading "Važni brojevi", important numbers.

All emergencies: 112

The regulator lists 112 as "the single European number for emergency calls".

Emergency medical help and ambulance: 124

Police: 122

Fire and rescue: 123

Help at sea: 129

The fire and rescue number, 123, is not the same as the emotional-support number 116 123 used in some other European countries, which has no operator in Montenegro.

SOS telefon za djecu i mlade 116 111, the national line for children and young people

SOS telefon za djecu i mlade (SOS Telephone for Children and Young People), also called the Nacionalna SOS dječja linija, is the national advisory line for children and young people. It is operated by JU Dječiji dom "Mladost" Bijela, described on the government's launch page as the first and only institution in Montenegro licensed to provide the SOS telephone service for children and young people. The government's current page carries the campaign line "KAD SI U SOSU, ZOVI 116 111", when you're in trouble, call 116 111.

In the operator's own words, the phone is answered by "trained volunteers and professionals — psychologists, pedagogues and other specialists — ready to listen, encourage and help find a solution". The line serves children, teenagers and young people, the site addressing each group separately, including young people nineteen and over, and covers emotional difficulties, family and peer problems, violence, abuse and neglect. The service does not publish whether adults calling about a child are within its scope, so it is listed here as what its own pages describe: a line for children and young people.

Tel: 116 111

Chat: Sigurni chat, the secure, anonymous web chat on the operator's site.

Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the operator's own words, and "all year round" on the government's launch page.

Cost: free. The operator's own words: all calls are completely anonymous and free; the government's page states "Telefon je besplatan", the telephone is free.

Nacionalna SOS linija za žrtve nasilja u porodici 080 111 111, for people experiencing domestic violence

The Nacionalna SOS linija za žrtve nasilja u porodici (National SOS Line for Victims of Domestic Violence) is the national telephone service for people experiencing domestic violence. It has been coordinated since September 2015 by SOS telefon za žene i djecu žrtve nasilja Nikšić, an organisation founded in 1998. On its own account it is "the national and free SOS telephone, the only specialised telephone service in Montenegro, available 24h 7 days a week". Its homepage carries the words "Izlaz Postoji! Pozovi 080 111 111", a way out exists, call 080 111 111, for help, advice and support.

The government's description of the service says counsellors provide emotional support, information on rights, crisis consultation, referral to institutions and psychological counselling, and with the caller's consent can contact police or social-work centres for urgent intervention.

Tel: 080 111 111

Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on the coordinating organisation's own account and in the government's description of the service. If you call and no one answers, the emergency numbers at the top of this page are open at any hour.

Cost: free. The government's description: the line is free for calls from any network in Montenegro.

While you are waiting to be answered

A line that is open can still be busy. 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 112 or 124, 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, 116 111 is the line built for them.

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

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