Shout
Mental Health Innovations
- Hours
- 24/7
- Cost
- free
- Languages
- English
- For
- anyone in crisis who prefers to text rather than call
- Country
- United Kingdom
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Text SHOUT to 85258. Volunteer-staffed.
General mental health support and counselling
Mental Health Innovations
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Text SHOUT to 85258. Volunteer-staffed.
SANE
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Textcare online messaging service available.
Mind
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Side by Side online community also available.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Information and support for all mental health areas including anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Support and advice for people living with mental illness and those who care for them.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Support for those affected by anxiety, stress, and anxiety-based depression.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Support and advocacy for people affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
SOS Malta / Kellimni
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Aware
Verified Apr 22, 2026
HSE / Mental Health Ireland
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Text HELLO to 50808.
MuTeS
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Online chat support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Isle of Man Mind
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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0.15 €/min from landline.
MIND Korrelatie
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Mental Helse
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Ministry of Health
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Peaasi.ee
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Icelandic Red Cross
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Serviço Nacional de Saúde
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Separate 24-hour mental-health line within SNS 24.
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Verified Apr 22, 2026
Mental wellness peer support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Women’s mental health.
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Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Counselling for youth.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Online mental health chat.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Men’s mental health support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Mental health hotline.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Text HOME to 741741. Also reachable via WhatsApp (+1-442-239-6203) and web chat.
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NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene / Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Distinct from national 988; also branded as NYC988. Text WELL to 65173.
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Press 1 for crisis/mental health, press 2 for substance use, press 3 for veteran/military family support.
NAMI Chicago (in partnership with Cook County Health)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Also known as 833-NAMI-CHI. Sustained via multi-year investment from Cook County Health's Office of Behavioral Health; not 24/7.
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
Verified Aug 12, 2026
The Harris Center is Harris County's designated Local Mental Health Authority; select option 1 for crisis line. Distinct from 988 and Texas statewide numbers.
Solari Crisis & Human Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Arizona is divided into regional crisis lines (Northern/Central/Southern); this is the Central Arizona line covering Maricopa County specifically, operated by Solari under contract with the region's behavioral health system, distinct from a single unified statewide number.
City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Dispatches Mobile Crisis Teams; distinct from 988 and run directly by the city.
Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) - Bexar County's Local Mental Health Authority
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Operated by CHCS, the county-designated Local Mental Health Authority; listed as a county crisis resource on the official Bexar County Behavioral Health page.
County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (Behavioral Health Services), operated via Optum
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County-run crisis line distinct from 988; also used to dispatch the county's Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT).
North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
NTBHA is Dallas County's designated Local Mental Health Authority; line dispatches the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) and also feeds the RIGHT Care police co-response program. Distinct from 988.
Integral Care (Austin-Travis County's Local Mental Health Authority)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Integral Care is the official mental health authority for Austin-Travis County and also hosts the local 988 call center; this local crisis line is distinct and provides phone, text, and chat crisis intervention plus Mobile Crisis Outreach Team dispatch.
County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Department
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County-run call center; residents with 408, 650, or 669 area codes are also routed here via 988, but this toll-free number is the county's direct line and works from any area code.
Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services / Trusted Response Urgent Support Team (TRUST)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Direct line to Santa Clara County's TRUST program, a non-law-enforcement mobile crisis response team; created by the County Board of Supervisors as an alternative routing to 988 so callers can specifically request a non-police response.
My Health My Resources (MHMR) of Tarrant County
Verified Aug 12, 2026
MHMR is Tarrant County's designated Local Mental Health Authority; operates the I-CARE Call Center and dispatches the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team. TTY/TDD available at 817-569-4488. Distinct from 988.
Netcare Access / ADAMH Board of Franklin County
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Also written as 614-276-CARE / 888-276-CARE. Netcare Access provides crisis intervention, stabilization and assessment for all Franklin County residents, funded/overseen by the ADAMH Board of Franklin County (Ohio's county behavioral health authority).
The Affiliated Santé Group
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Select option 1 for the Mobile Crisis Team. Free crisis intervention service for Mecklenburg County residents; also listed as an emergency contact on Mecklenburg County's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) government site (cit.mecknc.gov/emergency-contacts).
Eskenazi Health (Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Crisis Intervention Unit and Mobile Crisis Recovery Team operated by Eskenazi Health, which is part of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, a county governmental entity.
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Verified Aug 12, 2026
TTY: 711. City/county-run access and crisis line distinct from 988, connecting callers to same-day/48-hour behavioral health services and the Behavioral Health Access Center.
Crisis Connections (contracted by King County)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
King County recommends residents still use this Regional Crisis Line (in addition to 988) for local mobile crisis team dispatch; listed on official King County government crisis services page.
City and County of Denver - Department of Public Health & Environment (Community Behavioral Health), staffed with WellPower clinicians and Denver Health paramedics
Verified Aug 12, 2026
City-run mobile co-responder alternative to police for behavioral health crises; a two-person van team (behavioral health clinician + paramedic/EMT) can be requested directly at this number or via the non-emergency line 720-913-2000, distinct from 988 and Colorado Crisis Services (844-493-8255).
Boston Medical Center / Boston Emergency Services Team (Boston's designated Emergency Services Program)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Boston's contracted Emergency Services Program call center providing triage, mobile crisis response, and referrals; distinct from 988 and other regional Massachusetts ESPs.
Mental Health Cooperative (Metro Nashville/Davidson County's designated crisis services provider)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Listed by the Metro Public Health Department as the local mobile crisis contact, distinct from 988 and the statewide Tennessee crisis lines.
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), Wayne County's Community Mental Health Authority
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County community mental health authority's crisis/access line; also operates the walk-in DWIHN 707 Crisis Care Center (313-833-3232). Distinct from 988 and Michigan's statewide lines.
Multnomah County Behavioral Health Division
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County-run crisis line distinct from 988, staffed 24/7 with interpretation services.
City of Portland (Portland Fire & Rescue / Public Safety Service Area)
Verified Aug 12, 2026
City-run non-police mobile crisis/outreach team; can be requested directly at this number or via 911. Distinct from the Multnomah County phone crisis line.
Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Southern Nevada/Clark County region
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Regionally-dedicated Southern Nevada/Clark County number (separate from other Nevada regions' Mobile Crisis Response Team lines) providing in-person crisis response for families; distinct from 988 and the statewide Nevada suicide/crisis lines.
Alliance Healthcare Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Operated by Alliance Healthcare Services, the primary contracted behavioral health crisis provider for Shelby County; offers crisis assessment, mobile intervention and stabilization, distinct from 988. No one is turned away for inability to pay.
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Locally operated nonprofit crisis line running continuously since 1970; serves as Shelby County's designated local call center within the 988 network but retains its own long-standing local number and volunteer-staffed service.
Seven Counties Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Seven Counties Services is the designated community mental health center for Jefferson County; this line is also used to trigger mobile crisis response and Louisville Metro's Crisis Call Diversion (Deflection) program.
Louisville Metro Government / LMPD, with Seven Counties Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Accessed via 911 (request 'deflection response') or the LMPD non-emergency line 502-574-7111, option 5. Routes non-emergency mental-health-related 911 calls to trained Crisis Triage Workers instead of a police officer; expanded to all 8 LMPD divisions 24/7.
Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services / Mental Health Emergency Center
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County-run crisis line staffed by counselors, therapists, psychologists and nurses that dispatches a non-police Mobile Crisis team; distinct from 988. Mental Health Emergency Center is a joint venture of Milwaukee County and the area's health systems.
Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County-run walk-in and call-in crisis center (opened 2024) operated with Grady Health System, offering peer support, observation chairs and crisis beds; distinct from the statewide Georgia Crisis & Access Line.
WestCare/The Village South, contracted via Thriving Mind South Florida
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Mobile crisis response contracted specifically for Miami-Dade County by Thriving Mind South Florida, the state-designated managing entity for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties; distinct from the 988 Lifeline.
Emergence Health Network
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Distinct local crisis hotline; the first-party page also offers national 988, which is not repeated as a contact here.
Alliance Health
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Wake County lists this as its local behavioral health crisis line; national 988 is listed separately and is not repeated here.
City of Virginia Beach Department of Human Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Provides rapid telephone and in-person crisis assessment, intervention and consultation.
Family & Children's Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Local telephone crisis support and mobile response; the provider also routes Tulsa 988 mobile response.
Metropolitan Human Services District
Verified Aug 12, 2026
The City of New Orleans behavioral-health page identifies this as MHSD's 24-hour crisis line.
San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
The county Crisis Intervention Services page labels this a 24-hour response line.
Ramsey County
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Age-specific county crisis line for callers under 18.
Ramsey County
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Age-specific county crisis line for callers 18 and over.
Lancaster County Mental Health Crisis Center
Verified Aug 12, 2026
County-published 24-hour crisis line associated with the Mental Health Crisis Center in Lincoln.
Crisis Services
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Erie County identifies this local line as its 24-hour crisis hotline.
Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
Verified Aug 12, 2026
City crisis-services page states emergency and crisis services are available 24 hours per day.
Spokane Regional Service Area
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Spokane County publishes this regional crisis hotline and describes telephone support, referrals and mobile-team dispatch.
Pierce Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization
Verified Aug 12, 2026
Washington State Health Care Authority lists this as the Pierce County crisis line, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Indigenous Services Canada
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Culturally-appropriate counselling and crisis intervention.
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Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Mental health resources & referrals.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Mental health support (rural BC).
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Emotional support for Indigenous people.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Emotional support line.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Bermuda Mental Health Foundation
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Ministerio de Salud Pública
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Para apoyo de salud mental, marque 171 (Ministerio de Salud Pública) y seleccione la opción 6. Cada provincia también tiene su propio centro de llamadas.
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
Verified Apr 22, 2026
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Ministry of Health & Wellness
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Ministry of Health
Verified Apr 22, 2026
MINSA
Verified Apr 22, 2026
USVI DOH
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Counselling for depression/anxiety.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Peer support volunteers.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Chat de apoio emocional, suicídio e crises.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Grupo voluntário de apoio para pessoas com transtornos mentais.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Emotional support line.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Men’s mental health support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Launched 2020 by Government of India.
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Email counselling also provided.
Vandrevala Foundation
Verified Apr 22, 2026
NIMHANS (Ministry of Health)
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Verified Apr 22, 2026
Support for farmers.
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Ministry of Health and Prevention
Verified Apr 22, 2026
The LightHouse Arabia
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Umang
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Rozan
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Shanghai MHC
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Ministry of Health
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Hospital Authority
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Public hospital mental-health service.
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Tokyo English Lifeline
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Chat and professional counselling services also available.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Peer counselling.
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Mental Illness Awareness and Support Association
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Institute of Mental Health
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Ministry of Health and Welfare
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Taiwan Teacher Chang Foundation
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Pema Secretariat
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Sahar
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Kuwait Counseling Team
Verified Apr 22, 2026
TPO Nepal
Verified Apr 22, 2026
HMC
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Department of Mental Health
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Text support service.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Online emotional support.
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South African Depression and Anxiety Group
Verified Apr 22, 2026
SADAG operates multiple specialised lines listed below.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Unverified — please confirm via official website before relying on this number.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Kenya Red Cross
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Mental health support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Online chat support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Ministry of Health
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Emotional support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
SMS emotional support.
MANI
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Unverified — please confirm via official website before relying on this number.
Strong Minds Uganda / Butabika Hospital
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Mental Health Authority Ghana
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Friendship Bench Zimbabwe
Verified Apr 22, 2026
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Online mental support.
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Whakarongorau Aotearoa
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Whakarongorau Aotearoa
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Unverified — please confirm via official website before relying on this number.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
team@thelowdown.co.nz
Verified Apr 22, 2026
24/7 emotional support.
Beyond Blue
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Online chat 24/7.
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Verified Apr 22, 2026
Culturally appropriate mental help.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Rural region support.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Register & support mental health.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
Past institutional abuse survivors.
Verified Apr 22, 2026
24/7 online chat support.
Te Kainga
Verified Apr 22, 2026
GBHWC
Verified Apr 22, 2026
CNMI CGC
Verified Apr 22, 2026