Crisis/Suicide

• The Crisis Center of Johnson County, Iowa

  • • Crisis Line: 1-319-351-0140

      • toll-free: 1-855-325-4296

    • Chat: IowaCrisisChat.org

    • The Mobile Crisis Outreach team can come to your location and talk to you in person, helping you to figure out the next step.

• Your Life Iowa

  • • Call: 855-581-8111

    • Text: 855-895-8398

• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  • • 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

    • Chat: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

• Crisis Text Line

  • • Text HOME to 741741

• LGBTQIA Crisis Hotline/ The Trevor Project

  • • Call: 866-488-7386

    • Text START to 678678

• Foundation 2 Crisis Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  • • Crisis Phone Line

      • 319-362-2174 (Cedar Rapids)

      • 1-800-332-4224 elsewhere in Iowa

    • Crisis Chat

      • Connect and follow the prompts: click here

      • Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

    • Crisis Text

      • 800-332-4224

      • Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

• CommUnity, Iowa City: Coping with Suicide Loss Support Group

• Support Group for Survivors of Suicide Loss – Virtual

Organizations

• UIHC: The Suicidal Adolescent Family Empowerment (SAFE) Program

  • • For caregivers whose children have thought about suicide and/or tried to hurt themselves.

• NAMI -National Alliance on Mental Illness

• NIMH -National Institute of Mental Health

• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  • • Help for Someone Else

    • Help for Online Friends

• The Depression Project focuses on understanding depression with its Storm to Sun Framework.

• Teens Health contains thorough information on all kinds of issues that teens face, including depression, bullying, drugs/alcohol, sexual health, etc.

• ReachOut USA has information for teens and young adults about mental health issues such as being bullied, low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, and self-injury as well as forums for users to communicate and support each other, blogs for sharing stories, and referrals for getting help.

• To Write Love on Her Arms is a movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and invest directly into treatment and recovery.

Articles

• How to Cope with Suicidal Thoughts

• Suicide Safety Planning Guides

• Help Guide on Suicidal Thoughts

• Supporting Children and Teens After a Suicide Death

• Supporting Children and Teens After a Suicide Death: Talking to Teens About the Suicide of a Peer

• Now What? Tips for Grieving Teens

• How to Help a Grieving Teen

• Supporting Students After a Death – Tips for Teachers and School Personnel

• Grief for Children and Teens After Suicide