What Are Some Suicide Hotlines and Prevention Programmes Round The World?
- Connor Whiteley
- Sep 25, 2025
- 5 min read
As I always talk about on The Psychology World Podcast, getting mental health support is flat out critical if you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts and you’re contemplating suicide. Therefore, in this clinical psychology podcast episode that’s a little different from usual, I list a wide range of suicide hotlines and prevention programmes throughout the world. Please reach out to these hotlines if you’re suicidal and as someone who has tried to end their life three times in the past. I promise you life gets better. I am so happy, relieved and excited that I did not succeed in ending my life back in 2024 because of how dark and pointless my life seemed. Due to my life has turned out brilliantly.
Please read the resources below and reach out to these resources if needed.
Today’s psychology podcast episode has been sponsored by Suicide Psychology. Available from all major eBook retailers and you can order the paperback and hardback copies from Amazon, your local bookstore and local library, if you request it. Also available as an AI-narrated audiobook from selected audiobook platforms and library systems. For example, Kobo, Spotify, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Overdrive, Baker and Taylor and Bibliotheca.
What Are Some Suicide Hotlines and Prevention Programmes Around The World?
Argentina Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 911
In the greater Buenos Aires area, dial 135
Otherwise, call 5275-1135 or 0800 345 1435
Australia Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 000
Dial 13 11 14 for 24/7 crisis support
Text 0477 13 11 14 for 24/7 text support
Austria Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency numbers: Dial 112 for emergencies (EU emergency number), 133 for police, 144 for an ambulance, and 122 for the fire brigade
Emergency psychiatric hotline: 01 313 30; 24/7 support is available
Suicide prevention hotline: 01 713 3374
Dial 142 for 24/7 crisis support
For online chat support, visit Telefon Seelsorge's website; available from 4 pm to 11 pm Central European Time
Belgium Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: Dial 112 for emergencies (EU emergency number), 101 for police, and 100 for a medical emergency or the fire brigade
Dial 1813 for 24/7 crisis support
For online chat support, visit Zelfmoord's website; available from 5:00 pm to 12:am Central European Time
Canada Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 911
Dial 1-833-456-4566 for 24/7 crisis support
Text 45645 for text support; available 4 pm to midnight ET
Dial 1-866-APPELLE (277-3553) for 24/7 crisis support
Text 535353 for 24/7 text support
For 24/7 chat support, visit suicide.ca
24/7 text support: Text CONNECT to 686868
Chile Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency numbers: Call 133 for police; call 131 for medical assistance
Teléfono de la Esperanza
Dial (00 56 42) 22 12 00
Colombia Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 123
Teléfono de la esperanza
Dial (57-1) 372 24 25
In Medellín, dial (57) 604 604 27 84
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (Ministry of Health and Social Protection)
Denmark Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 112
For emergency medical help in the Capital Region of Denmark, dial 1813 on weekends, or after 4 pm Monday through Friday
Call the crisis line at 70 201 201 every day.
Access online chat on Mondays and Thursdays between 5 pm and 9 pm, and on weekends between 1 pm and 5 pm.
Access mental health support every day by calling 39 25 25 25
France Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 112
National suicide prevention number: 3114
24/7 crisis support; visit 3114.fr to learn more
Dial 01 45 39 40 00 for 24/7 crisis support
Dial 01 40 44 46 45 for phone support between 1 pm and 11 pm Central European Time
Germany Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 112 (EU emergency number), 110 for police
Dial 0800 111 0 111 or 0800 111 0 222 for 24/7 crisis support
For chat or email support, visit TelefonSeelsorge's website
Hong Kong Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 999
For 24/7 support, dial 2389 2222
For English-language assistance, dial 2389 2223
For online chat help, go to chatpoint.org.hk
For 24/7 support, dial 2896 0000
Ireland Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 112 or 999
Dial 116 123 for 24/7 mental health support
For 24/7 text support, text 50808
On smaller phone networks (such as An Post or 48), text HELLO to 0861800280
Mexico Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 911
Dial 55 5533-5533 for 24/7 crisis support
New Zealand Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 111
National mental health and addiction hotline: 1737
Can be reached by phone or text; learn more at 1737.org.nz
Dial 0800 543 354 for 24/7 crisis support
Dial 0508 828 865 for the suicide crisis helpline
Text HELP to 4357 for 24/7 text support
Singapore Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 999 (police) or 995
Dial 1767 for the 24/7 hotline
WhatsApp 9151 1767 for 24/7 text support
South Africa Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency numbers: 10111 (police) or 10177 (ambulance)
Dial 0800 567 567 for 24/7 crisis support
Spain Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency numbers: 112
Dial 717 003 717 for 24/7 crisis support
Sweden Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 112
Dial 90101 for 24/7 phone support; in cases of acute crisis, call 112
For online chat support, visit Självmordslinjen's website
Switzerland Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 112 (EU emergency number), 117 for police, 144 for ambulance
Dial 143 for 24/7 mental health support in German, French, and Italian
For help in English, dial 0800 143 000 between 6 pm and 11 pm, or visit heart2heart.143.ch
United Kingdom Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 999 or 112
Dial 116 123 for 24/7 mental health support
Dial 0800 58 58 58 for crisis support; available between 5 pm and midnight, BST or GMT
Visit thecalmzone.net to access chat support
Text SHOUT to 85258 for 24/7 text support
United States Suicide Prevention Resources
National emergency number: 911
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988
Accessible by phone or text
24/7 support in English or Spanish
24/7 support for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals; learn more at 988lifeline.org. For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988
Online chat: Visit 988lifeline.org
24/7 text support: Text HOME to 741741
I really hope you enjoyed today’s clinical psychology podcast episode.
If you want to learn more, please check out:
Suicide Psychology. Available from all major eBook retailers and you can order the paperback and hardback copies from Amazon, your local bookstore and local library, if you request it. Also available as an AI-narrated audiobook from selected audiobook platforms and library systems. For example, Kobo, Spotify, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Overdrive, Baker and Taylor and Bibliotheca.
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