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AMERICAN HOTLINES

AMERICAN NUMBERS

Adolescent Crisis Intervention and Counseling Nine Line

1 – 800 – 999 – 9999

Abortion Information

1 – 800 – 772 – 9100

Post – Abortion Project Rachel

1 – 800 – 5WE – CARE

Adoptions – Rose Adoptions

1 – 800 – 841 – 0804

* if you are pregnant

AIDS Treatment Information Services

1 – 800 – HIV – 0440
1 – 800 – 448 – 0440

AIDS National Hot Line

1 – 800 – 342 – 2437

A1 – Anon / Alateen Hotline

1 – 800 – 344 – 2666

* give hope and help the young people who are the relatives and friends of he problems drinker

A1 – Anon Family Group Headquarters

1 – 800 -356 - 9996

Alcohol / Drug Abuse Hotline

1 – 800 – 662 – HELP

Abortion Federation – Naational (USA)

1 – 800 – 772 – 9100

Be Sober Hotline

1 – 800 – BE – SOBER

Birthright

1 – 800 – 550 – 4900

Boys Town National Hotline

1 – 800 – 448 – 3000

Care Net

1 – 800 – 448 – 3000

Center for the Prevention of School Violence

1 – 800 – 299 - 6504

Centers for Disease Control AIDS Info

1 – 800 – 342 – 2437

CHADD – Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

1 – 800 – 233 – 4050

Child Abuse Hotline

1 – 800 – 4 –A – CHILD
1 – 800 – 422 – 4453

Children of the World

973 – 239 – 0100

* if you want to adopt a child

Cocaine Help Line

1 – 800 - CACAINE
1 – 800 – 262 – 2463

24 Hour Cocaine Hotline

1 – 800 – 992 – 9239

Covenant House Nine Line

1 – 800 – 999 – 9999

Domestic Violence Hot Line

1 – 800 – 799 – SAFE
1 – 800 – 799 – 7233

Domestic Violence Hotline

1 – 800 – 548 – 2722

Domestic Violence Hotline in the United States

800 – 799 – 7233

Domestic Violence Hotline/Child Abuse

800 – 4A – CHILD
800 – 422 - 4453

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

1 – 800 – 537 – 2238

Drug Help National help Lines

1 – 800 – 378 – 4435

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention

1 – 800 – 931 – 2237

* opening hours is from 8:00 am to noon daily

Eating Disorders Center

1 – 888 – 236 – 1188

Ecstasy Addiction

1 – 800 – 468 – 6933

Emergency Contraception Information

1 – 888 – NOT – 2 – LATE
1 – 888 – 668 - 2528

Family Violence prevention Center

1 – 800 – 313 – 1310

Food Addiction

1 – 800 – 872 – 0088

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline

1 – 888 – THE – GLNH
1 – 888 – 843 - 4564

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Youth Support Line

800 – 850 – 8078

Gay & Transgender Hate Crime Hotline

1 – 800 – 616 – HATE

Headache Foundation

1 – 800 – 843 – 2256

Healing Woman Foundation (Abuse)

1 – 800 – 477 – 4111

Help Finding a Therapist

1 – 800 – THERAPIST
1 – 800 – 843 -7274

Herpes Resource Center

1 – 800 – 230 – 6039

Homeless/Runaway National Runaway Hotline

800 – 231 – 6946

Incest Awareness Foundation

1 – 888 – 547 – 3222

Incest Hotline for guys – M.A.L. E

1 – 800 – 949 –MALE
1 – 800 – 949 – 6253

Independent Adoption Center

1 – 800 – 877 – 6736

* business hours is from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

National Center for Learning Disabilities

1 – 888 – 575 - 7373

Lyme Disease Hotline

1 – 800 – 886 – LYME
1 – 800 – 886 – 5963

Marijuana Anonymous

1 – 800 – 766 – 6779

Mental Health Info Source

1 – 800 – 447 – 4474

Missing & Exploited Children Hotline

1 – 800 – 843 – 5678

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

1 – 800 – 438 – MADD
1 – 800 – 438 – 6233

National Abortion Federation Hotline

1 – 800 – 772 – 9100

National Adoption Center

1 – 877 – 648 – 4400

National Adolescent Suicide Hotline

800 – 621 – 4000

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

1 – 888 – 55 – 4COAS
1 – 888 – 554 – 2627

National Child Abuse Hotline

1 – 800 – 422 – 4453

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1 – 800 – 799 – SAFE
1 – 800 – 799 – 7233

National Drug Abuse Hotline

1 – 800 – 662 – HELP
1 – 800 – 662 – 4357

National Hotline for Missing & Exploited Children

1 – 800 – 843 – 5678

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition

1 – 800 – 269 – 4327

National Institute on Drug Abuse & Alcoholism

1 – 888 – 644 – 6432

National Institute of Mental Health

1 – 888 – ANXIETY
1 – 888 – 269 – 4389

National Mental Health Association

1 – 800 – 969 – 6642

National Office of Post Abortion Trauma

1 – 800 – 593 – 2273

National Runaway Switchboard and Suicide Hotline

1 – 800 – 621 – 4000

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1 – 800 – 273 – TALK

National STD Hotline

1 – 800 – 227 – 8922

National Youth Crisis Hotline

1 – 800 – 448 – 4663

National Victim Center

1 – 800 – FYI – CALL
1 – 800 – 394 – 2255

Panic Disorder Information Hotline

800 – 64 – PANIC

People Against Rape

1 – 800 – 877 – 7252

Pet Loss Support Hotline - Grief Counseling Hotline

1 – 888 – ISU – PLSH
1 – 888 – 478 – 7574

* Iowa State Univ. College of Veterinary Medicine

PMS Access

1 – 800 – 222 – 4767

* open from 7:30 am – 5:30 pm

Planned Parenthood, Inc.

1-800-230-PLAN

Post-Abortion Project Rachel

-800-5WE-CARE

Pregnancy Hotline

1-800-4-OPTIONS
1-800-467-8466

Pregnant & Young Hotline (Birthright)

1-800 550-4900

Rape, Abuse, Incest, National Network (RAINN)

1-800-656-HOPE
1-800-656-4673

Runaway Hotline

1-800-231-6946

Runaway Hotline

1-800-621-4000

Safe Choice Hotline

1-800-878-2347

1-800-878-2347

Self-Injury Hotline - SAFE

1-800-DONT CUT
1-800-366-8288

*alternative program for self abuse to finally ends
* www.selfinjury.com

Sexual Assault Hotline

800-656-4673

Stop It Now!

1-888-PREVENT

* Sexual Abuse

Society’s League Against Molestation

1-800-491-WATCH

Sports Foundation for Women

800 – 227 – 3988

Suicide & Crisis Hotline

1-800-999-9999

Suicide Hotline - (National Adolescent)

800-621-4000

Suicide Prevention

1-800-850-8078

* The Trevor Help line
* Specializing in gays and lesbians youth suicide prevention

Talk Zone (Peer Counselors)

1-800-475-TALK
1-800-475-2855

Teen Helpline

1-800-400-0900

Teen Line

1-800-522-8336

Teen Runaway Hotline

1-800-621-4000

The Trevor Help Line

1-800-850-8078

* Specializing in gays and lesbians youth suicide prevention

Voices In Action

1-800-7-VOICE-8
1-800-786-4238

* opening hours from 9:00 am to 6:oo pm

AUSTRALIAN HOTLINES

AUSTRALIA
Please note:

• All 1800 numbers are free

Samaritan Organisations / Suicide prevention
Albany Samaritan Befrienders
P. O. Box 991
ALBANY WA 6330
Australia
Tel: 08 98 422776

Lifelink Samaritans Inc.
P.O. Box 228
LAUNCESTON 
Tasmania 7250
Australia
Tel: 03 63 31 3355
Website: http://www.lifelinksamaritans.org

The Samaritans Perth
60 Bagot Road
Subiaco
PERTH 
WA 6008
Australia
Tel: 08 93 81 5555
Youthline: 08 93 88 2500
Freecall Countryline: 1800 198 313
TTY: 08 93 82 8822 
Website: http://www.thesamaritans.org.au

Lifeline (Australia Wide)
24 hrs
131114 
http://www.lifeline.org.au

Helplines 
For children / youth:-
Youth Helpline (For kids any age up to 18, abuse, suicide, drug probs etc) 
24 hrs / Australia wide
Tel: 1800 55 1800

For parents / family:-
Parentline: 1300 30 1300
Child Protection and Family Crisis Service: 1800 656 463

CANADIAN HOTLINES

CANADA
Please note:

• Add +1 before the numbers to call from long distance or internationally

Suicide Prevention
Suicide Action Montreal
2345 est. rue Belanger
MONTREAL Quebec
H2G 1C9
Canada
Tel: (514) 723 4000

Useful numbers
Crisis Intervention Centre - Tel: 1-800-757-7766
Kids Help Phone - Tel: 1-800-668-6868
Parents Help Line - Tel: 1-888-603-9100
Sexual Assault Support & Crisis - Tel: 1-800-909-7007
S.O.S. Femmes - Tel: 1-800-387-8603

Greater Toronto Area numbers:-

• The Distress Center: 416-408-4357
• The Mobile Crisis Unit: 416-498-0043
• The Mental Health Crisis Line: 416-929-5200
• 416-310-COPE (2673)

Manitoba area

• Manitoba Suicide Line (24hr): 1-877-435-7170
• Crisis Line (24hr): 1-888-322-3019
• Teen Touch (24hr): 1-204-783-1116
• Kids Help Phone (24hr): 1-800-668-6868
• Mood Disorder Association of Manitoba (MDAM)
  This is not a 24 hr line but they will help you find support groups, therapists, pdocs, mental health workers or outpatient programs.
  1-204-786-0987

EUROPE HOTLINES

AUSTRIA
Telefonseelsorge Notruf 
Tel: (00 43) 142
Services: Telephone and Email
Website: http://www.telefonseelsorge.at

BELGIUM
Telephone support 
Tele-Onthaal
Tel: 106
Website: http://www.tele-onthaal.be

Tele-Accueil
Tel: 107
Website: http://www.tele-accueil.be

Suicide prevention 
De Zelfmoordlijn Centrum ter Preventie van Zelfmoord vzw (the Flemisch Suicide Prevention Center), 
Arteveldestraat 142
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
Tel: (0032) (0)2/649 95 55- Open 24 hours a day
Services by: Telephone
Website: www.zelfmoordpreventie.be

Child Abuse 
Vertrouwenscentra Kindermishandeling (info, advies, hulp)
Tel: 078-15 00 20

DENMARK
Livslinien
Postbox 1157
DK - 1010
COPENHAGEN
Denmark
Tel: 70 201 201
Services by: Telephone
Website: http://www.livslinien.dk

FRANCE
Suicide
http://www.suicideinfo.org/french/
http://www.preventionsuicide.be/frame.htm
http://www.barbery.net/psy/suicide/index.htm

Suicide Ecoute
PARIS
Tel: 01 45 39 4000
Services by: Telephone
Website: http://suicide.ecoute.free.fr

SOS Help (English Speaking Service)
Boite Postale 43, 
Boulogne, Cedex 92101
Tel: 01 46 21 46 46
Services by: Telephone (3-11pm)
Website: www.soshelpline.org

Fil Sante Jeunes
PARIS
Tel: 0800 235 236
Services by: Telephone
Website for young people:www.filsantejeunes.com

Rape & Sexual Abuse
http://www.sosfemmes.com/
http://schneider.sophie.free.fr/index.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/laragedevivre/

SOS VIOLS - Tel: 0.800.05.95.95 
SOS FEMME VIOLENCE CONJUGALE - Tel: 01.40.33.80.60
AIDE AUX VICTIMES - Tel: 0.810.09.86.09 
SOS VIOLENCES FAMILIALES - Tel: 01.44.73.01.27 [/font]

Other Useful Numbers
Info CONTRACEPTION et IVG - Tel: 0.820.331.334
Association Européenne contre les violences faites aux femmes au travail - Tel: 01.45.84.24.24
Drogues Alcool Tabac Info Service - 113 
Enfance Maltraitée - 119

GERMANY
Telefonseelsorge Deutschland
Tel: 0800 1110 111 / 0800 1110 222
www.telefonseelsorge.org

Suicide
http://www.selbstmord.de/
http://www.kinderundjugendtelefon.de/ 

Regionale Hilfe
Berlin: http://www.berliner-krisendienst.de/ 
Kassel: http://www.beratung-in-krisen.de/ 
Münster: http://www.muenster.org/krisenhilfe/

Andere Information 
http://www.selbsthilfe-missbrauch.de/Infos/Links.htm

LUXEMBOURG
Please note:

• This list is in English but the three main languages are Luxembourgish, French and German, although people working on SOS lines do speak English as well
• The international dialling code is +352

Organisations
For children:-
Bobby Action - Tel 12321
Child and youth aid - Tel 12345
Donation assistance for cancer-ill children - Tel: 31 31 70 / General cancer donation - Tel: 45 30 33-1
A heart for cancer-ill children Asbl - Tel: 51 46 29-1
Baby assistance Asbl - Tel: 54 66 77

For families:-
Help for families - Tel: 40 49 49

For women:-
Woman telephone - Tel: 12344
Women in trouble - Tel: 49 08 77
Physically abused women - Tel: 44 81 81
Rape - Tel: 49 58 54

For victims of crime / accidents:-
Assistance for crime victims - Tel: 40 20 40
Assistance for victims of traffic accidents - Tel: 26 43 21 21

Drugs & Alcohol:-
Drug assistance for youth and family - Tel: 49 10 40
Parents of drug-dependent children (E.D.K.) - Tel: 54 54 44
Drug and alcohol info - Tel: 47 57 47

For those with anxiety / phobias:-
Social info - Tel: 8002 98 98
Lëtzebuerger Angschtsteierungshëllef (anxiety and phobias) - Tel: 59 45 90

General support:-
Craze telephone - Tel: 49 60 99
S.O.S. Help - Tel: 45 45 45

IRISH HOTLINES

IRELAND
Samaritans
Tel: 1850 60 90 90 (National number charged at local call rates)
To find a local Samaritans center in Ireland, click here 
Minicom/textphone: 1850 60 90 91
Email: jo@samaritans.org

Childline - freefone 1800 666 666 
Depression - Aware (01) 676 6166 
Bodywhys (help for Anorexia and bulimia) - (01) 283 5126 
NSPCC, Child Protection Helpline:freephone, 24 hrs - 0800 800500
NICAS-n.i.community addiction service, alcohol,drugs addiction – 028 90664434/90330499/90731602
Zest for the prevention of suicide -Londonderry -028)71266999
Eating Disorders Assessment (NI) - 90618299 /90621627
Contact Youth (counselling for young People) - 028)90457848
Youthline - 0808 808 8000
Young Persons Advice line - 0808 808 5678
Childline - 24 hr helpline for children and young people in trouble - 0800 1111 / Website: http://www.childline.org.uk/

Nexus Rape and Incest Counselling
Belfast centre - (028)90326803
Londonderry centre-(028)71260566
Enniskillen - (028)66320046
Portadown - (028)38350588 

Rape crisis and sexual abuse centre - (028)90249696
Freephone - 0800 0526813
Victim Support Belfast - (028)90244039

Other useful numbers in Northern Ireland:-
Belfast city Hospital – 028 90329241
Royal Victoria Hospital –028 90240503
Mater Hospital – 028 90741211
Dunlewey Substance advice - 028)90743999
Alcoholics Anon – 028 90434848
Aids Help Line - 0800 12743/02890 326117
Relate Marriage Guidance counselling -028)90323454
Brook advisory centre (Family Planning for under 25)
- (028)90328866
Family Planning association -(028)90325448 

Other useful numbers in ROI:-
Dublin
Rape Crisis centre - 6614911/6615464
Sexual assault unit, Rotunda Hospital - 8732111
Women and aids - 8745302
Women’s aid helpline - 1800 341 900 or 01 8745302/3
Women’s aid refuge - 961002 

Galway
Rape Crisis Centre - 563676
Women’s aid refuge - 63581 

Limerick
Rape Crisis Centre - 311511

UK HOTLINES

UK NUMBERS:

B-eat (Beat Eating Disorders)
Helpline: 0845 634 1414 (10:30am-8:30pm Mon-Fri & Sat 1pm -4:30pm)
Youthline 0845 634 7650 (4pm-6:30pm Mon-Fri & Sat 1pm to 4:30pm)
Text Service: 07786 20 18 20
Web: www.b-eat.co.uk
Provides advice and support and information for anyone with an eating disorder inc anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

National Centre for Eating Disorders
Helpline: 01372 469 493
Web: www.eating-disorders.org.uk 

First Steps to Freedom
Helpline 0845 120 2916 (10am-10pm Mon-Thur & 10am to midnight Fri, Sat and Sun)
Web: www.first-steps.org 
Support for anyone experiencing anxiety problems including anorexia and bulimia

OCD Action
Helpline: 0845 3906232 (Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm)
Web: www.ocdaction.org.uk 
Telephone advice and information for people, their families and friends, experiencing any kind obsessive compulsive disorder including eating disorders

Depression 

SupportLine Telephone Helpline: 020 8554 9004(Helpline), email info@supportline.org.uk - Confidential emotional support to Children Young People and Adults. Also keeps details of agencies, support groups and counsellors throughout UK.

Association for Post Natal Illness: 020 7386 0868, www.apni.org - To advise and support women suffering from post natal illness. Running a network of volunteers to support sufferers throughout the UK.

Aware Defeat Depression: 08451 202961, email help@aware-ni.org - Support, information or a listening ear for all those affected by depressive illnesses.

Breathing Space: 0800 83 85 87 (Area served SCOTLAND),www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk - Helpline for young men 12-40 years who are experiencing difficulties and unhappiness in their lives and for their friends and family.

CALL Community Advice and Listening Line (Wales): 0800 132737,www.callhelpline.org.uk - Mental health helpline for Wales providing confidential listening support service. 

Childline: 0800 1111, www.childline.org.uk.

Crossline Central: 0845 658 0045 (Area served SCOTLAND) - Christian based helpline and counselling service for the general public and people in crisis.

DABS Mail-Order Book Catalogue: 01709 860023 - Wide range of books including those on depression, self esteem assertiveness, self harm, child abuse.

Depression Alliance: 0845 123 2320, email information@depressionalliance.org,www.depressionalliance.org - Confidential listening and support service. Also offer a range of information on depression and treatment options. National network of self help groups for people experiencing depression. National pen friend scheme offering support and fellowship to people with depression and their carers. Quarterly newsletter, booklets and leaflets on depression.

Depression Alliance Scotland: 0845 123 2320 (Area served SCOTLAND), email info@dascot.org, www.dascot.org - Telephone information and other support for people affected by depression. Information about symptoms and treatment, listening support and signposting to other agencies.

Get Connected: 0808 808 4994, email help@getconnected.org.uk,www.getconnected.org.uk - Free telephone and email helpline finding young people the best help whatever the problem. Can connect a child or young person to any UK helpline where appropriate.

Hope in Crisis Telephone Line: 028 9446 9990 (Area served NORTHERN IRELAND) - Christian based organisation offering listening support and ministry for anyone in crisis.

Manic Depression Fellowship: 0845 634 0540, email mdf@mdf.org.uk,www.mdf.org.uk - Advice and information for people with manic depression and their families, carers and mental health professionals. Supply a range of information leaflets, books and tapes. Network of self help groups for people with manic depression, relatives and friends. Self management training programme.