Crisis Services

Maine Crisis Hotline
1-800-568-1112

Medical Emergency
911

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

988 (formerly called the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) offers free, confidential, 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress. That could be:

  • Thoughts of suicide
  • Mental health or substance use crisis, or
  • Any other kind of emotion distress

People can call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.

Crisis Chat Service
crisischat.org

CRISIS TEXT LINE: text START to 741-741

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: 800-799-7233, https://www.thehotline.org/

NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE:  1.800.273.8255 

TRANS LIFELINE: staffed by trans and nonbinary people, https://TransLifeline.org , 877-565-8860

THE TREVOR PROJECT: for LGBTQ+ teen and young adults, hotline plus chat and text options
ihttps://www.thetrevorproject.org/  866-488-7386

VETERANS CRISIS LINEhotline plus chat and text 

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Helpline, 800-950-NAMI (6264) or info@nami.org