Suicide Short List
cALL 800-273-8255 or text "sos" to 741741 Suicide
Crisis 911 is the national
emergency number in the United States. The National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline (http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/)
is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide
prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal
crisis or emotional
distress.[20][21] A 24-hour an
Online
Chat in
partnership with Contact USA[22] is also
available. The
American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention
is a non-profit organization exclusively dedicated
to understanding and preventing suicide through
research, education and advocacy, and to reaching
out to people with mental disorders and those
impacted by suicide."[23] Crisis
Text Line
is the only 24/7, nationwide crisis-intervention
text-message hotline.[24] Samaritans
is a registered charity aimed at providing
emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk
of suicide throughout the United
States[9] The
San Francisco Night
Ministry
provides free confidential telephone counseling
between 10 p.m and 4 a.m. Pacific Standard Time to
anyone from any locality. The
Trevor Project
is a nationwide organization that provide crisis
intervention and suicide prevention services to
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning
youth.[25] The
Veterans Crisis
Line is a
suicide-prevention hotline available to United
States military people (both active-duty and
veterans), in suicidal crisis or emotional
distress. The service is confidential, free and
open 24 hours.[26] Trans
Lifeline is
an American organization that provide crisis
intervention and suicide prevention services to
transgender and non-binary individuals. Trans
Lifeline offers service throughout the United
States and Canada. HopeLine
is a suicide prevention and crisis intervention
hotline that can be called or texted. They operate
by using active listening to support and reflect
through any kind of crisis, even if not suicide
related. While they are based in Raleigh, NC, they
serve the entire nation. Other suicide
crisis organizations (http://suicideprevention.wikia.com/wiki/USA). Social
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