If someone is in danger right now, call 911. If you or someone you love is in emotional crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 any time — it's free, confidential, and available 24/7.
Mental health & crisis support
Discharge is a hard time, and emotional and substance-use struggles are common. These are real lines you can reach now, plus how to find ongoing care. We're not a crisis service and we don't give clinical advice — these connect you to people who do.
In crisis right now
- When to use
- For anyone having thoughts of suicide, a mental-health or substance-use crisis, or any kind of emotional distress — for the person struggling or for someone worried about them.
- How to reach
- Call or text 988, or chat online. Free, confidential, and available in Spanish and other languages.
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- When to use
- For anyone in crisis who would rather text than talk. A trained crisis counselor responds.
- How to reach
- Text HOME to 741741.
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Someone to talk to (non-crisis)
- When to use
- For non-emergency emotional support — when you're lonely, anxious, or struggling but not in immediate danger. Staffed by peer counselors who've been there.
- How to reach
- Call or text 1-855-845-7415.
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- When to use
- A free, confidential line for mental-health and substance-use questions, and to get referred to local treatment and support.
- How to reach
- Call 1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357). Available in English and Spanish.
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Find ongoing treatment
- When to use
- To find ongoing outpatient mental-health or substance-use treatment near you — including medication for opioid or alcohol use disorder (MAT).
- How to reach
- Search by location at FindTreatment.gov, or call the SAMHSA helpline for help choosing.
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- When to use
- Every Bay Area county runs a free 24/7 line to start mental-health or substance-use services — the main way Medi-Cal members get connected to county care.
- How to reach
- Call 211 and ask for your county's behavioral-health access line, or search "[your county] behavioral health access line."
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These lines are free and confidential. For ongoing care, your Medi-Cal or health plan and your county's behavioral-health access line can connect you to therapists, psychiatry, and substance-use treatment — call 211 if you're not sure where to start.