Suicide Prevention
800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Text “NAMI” to 741-741 Crisis Text Line
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
800-779-7233 National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-422-4453 Child Abuse Hotline
Sexual Assault
800-656-4673 National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-4673 Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network
Eating Disorders
800-931-2237 or text “NEDA” to 741-741
National Eating Disorder Association Helpline
Substance Abuse
800-662-4357 National Helpline for Substance Abuse
800-222-1222 Poison Control
Pregnancy
800-230-7526 Planned Parenthood Hotline
LGBTQ+
888-843-4564 LGBTQ+ National Hotline
866-488-7386 The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline)
Racism
617-994-6000 Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color taken from Online MSW Programs
Project LETS Race and Mental Health
Resources about racism for everyone, including white people, can be found at the bottom of the My Privilege page on this website.
Psychiatric Emergency
Call 911 or Go to the Emergency Room
Call the Psychiatric Mobile Crisis Team for your area in Massachusetts:
800-830-5177 Lahey Health Psychiatric Crisis Team
Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford
800-540-5806 Advocates Mobile Crisis Team
Acton, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle,
Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Waltham, Watertown,
Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn
877-382-1609 Massachusetts Statewide Emergency Services Program