If you feel like you or someone you know is in immediate danger, you should call 911 (or your city's local emergency line) or go to an emergency room to get immediate help. Explain that it is a psychiatric emergency and ask for someone who is trained for these kinds of situations.
You don't need to be experiencing a crisis to contact a crisis hotline. At most of these hotlines, the volunteers and counselors who answer calls, texts and chat messages are trained to help someone in crisis. But you can also reach out if you're feeling sad, anxious or stressed and don't know where to turn.
These hotlines also serve friends, family members and loved ones of someone who is experiencing a mental health crisis, domestic violence, abuse, addiction and many other issues.
Even if someone at a crisis hotline cannot help you with your specific needs, they can point you to the right resources that can. No one will ever make you feel bad for trying to get help, and no concern is too trivial or small.
If it feels hard for you to manage, it's worth reaching out.
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Hotlines
Youth Crisis and Access
Phone: 1-800-843-5200
San Diego Access and Crisis Line
Phone: (888) 724-7240
Hours of Operation: 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Phone: 1-800-273-8255
Text “GO” to 741741 to text confidentially with a trained crisis counselor for free, 24/7.
National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
Suicide Prevention Services Depression Hotline Phone: 1- 630-482-9696
National Youth Crisis Hotline 800-448-4663
NDMDA Depression Hotline – Support Group: 800-826-3632
Teen Line
Call Toll Free: 800-TLC-TEEN (800-852-8336) from 6 -10 pm
Text: 839863 (between 6 -9 pm)
Message Board: tinyurl.com/TeenTalkApp
Rady Children’s Behavioral Health Urgent Care
4305 University Avenue, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92105 MAP
Phone: 858-966-5484
Fax: 858-966-5482
Hours:
Walk-in Clinic: Monday-Friday: 4 p.m.- 8 p.m.
By Appointment Only: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Rady Children’s understands the importance of mental health as a crucial part of the health of the whole child. We offer a full range of services for emotional and behavioral well-being, from family and group therapy to acute care hospitalization.
Our programs include services designed for children, youth and families to address challenges related to depression and suicidality, mood problems, anxiety, traumatic stress, attention deficits, hyperactivity, disruptive behavior, eating disorders, substance-related mental health problems and other mental health concerns. Expert and compassionate care is provided by highly skilled professionals, who are dedicated to improving the lives of patients and their families.
Our team includes board- certified and -licensed child and adolescent psychiatrists and pediatricians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional clinical counselors, as well as psychiatric nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, child life specialists, recreational therapists and case managers.
These professionals work closely with each patient’s primary physician and other health care and community professionals who may be important to each child’s well-being, including physician specialists, teachers, wraparound teams and other behavioral support specialists.
Our behavioral health team works across all care settings, including the hospital, clinic and school.
A variety of family-inclusive services for integrative care are offered at the Hospital and other health care settings. If your child is admitted frequently, the team can be a consistent support, providing you and your child with continuity and supporting you in considering treatment options for your child. Our Hospital behavioral health services also include emergency inpatient programs. Learn about our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (CAPS), Medical Behavioral Unit and Child Life Services.
In our behavioral health clinics, in schools and in the community, children can be followed regularly and receive ongoing support and symptom management, as well as continuity and coordination of care. Our clinicians and case managers are available for some patients who have Educationally Related Mental Health Supports in a number of schools in San Diego County. Learn about our outpatient psychiatry clinics, Behavioral Health Urgent Care and Chadwick Center for Children and Families.