Each number below was checked against the organization that operates it before publication. Every country we cover is on this one page, so you can find a number for someone who lives elsewhere.
Immediate danger
Call your local emergency number. United States and Canada: 911. United Kingdom: 999. Australia: 000. India: 112. Singapore: 995. United Arab Emirates: 999 for police, 998 for ambulance.
United States
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
Available at all hours, free and confidential. Online chat at 988lifeline.org. Press 1 for the Veterans Crisis Line or 2 for Spanish. Videophone support is available for deaf and hard-of-hearing callers.
Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741
Free, at all hours, anywhere in the United States. Text AYUDA to the same number for Spanish.
Verified against 988lifeline.org and Crisis Text Line.
Canada
9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 9-8-8
Available at all hours in English and French. Operated by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health with crisis lines across the country.
Verified against 988.ca and Canada.ca.
United Kingdom and Ireland
Samaritans — call 116 123
Free from any phone, at all hours. Samaritans does not operate a text service.
Shout — text SHOUT to 85258
Free and confidential, at all hours, across the United Kingdom. Messages do not appear on your phone bill.
Verified against samaritans.org, Shout and NHS listings.
Australia
Lifeline — call 13 11 14
Call 13 11 14, text 0477 13 11 14, or use the online chat at lifeline.org.au. All three services operate at all hours.
13YARN — call 13 92 76
Crisis support from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander crisis supporter, at all hours.
Verified against lifeline.org.au.
India
Tele-MANAS — call 14416
A free government helpline operated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, available at all hours in English and twenty Indian languages. Callers reach a trained counselor and can be referred to a mental health professional.
Verified against the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Singapore
Samaritans of Singapore — call 1767
Available at all hours. Text support is available through CareText on WhatsApp at 9151 1767, also at all hours. Callers may remain anonymous.
Verified against sos.org.sg.
Other countries
findahelpline.com lists verified helplines in most countries. Select a country to see what is available and how to reach it. The directory is operated by a non-profit organization and its listings are verified with the services themselves. We have not tested those services directly.
United Arab Emirates
We have not identified a general adult helpline in the United Arab Emirates that meets our verification standard. Directories currently list services for women, children and young people only. Until that changes, use the directory listing for the United Arab Emirates, or call 999 if someone is in danger. We do not publish numbers we have not verified.
Contacting a service on behalf of someone else
Every service listed here will speak to people who are concerned about someone else.
mitr is not an emergency service
mitr is a companion application for ordinary days. It is not a clinician, and it cannot assist in an emergency or reliably identify one. Contact a service that can.
For non-urgent matters, email team@bewithmitr.com or see the support page.
Every number on this page is checked against the organization that operates it before publication. Numbers and hours change, so this page is reviewed every three months.