If you need help right now
If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
The resources below cover a range of situations, from active crises to moments when you just need someone to talk to. We’ve grouped them by the kind of support they offer, since a 24/7 crisis line and a peer warmline serve different needs.
In an active crisis
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988, or chat online at 988lifeline.org. Available 24/7 for suicidal, mental health, or substance use crises. Note: 988 responders can send emergency services to your location if they believe you’re at imminent risk of harming yourself or someone else — they don’t need your consent to do this.
LA County Mental Health Access Line - 1-800-854-7771
Available 24/7. Connects you to a county crisis evaluation team that can come to you. Law enforcement is brought in only if the clinicians’ risk assessment calls for it.
If you call 911, you can ask specifically for the fire department or a mental health–trained unit, where one is available.
Crisis Lines for Specific Communities
National LGBT Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ youth): 1-866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 - Peer-staffed; will not contact emergency services without your consent. Also available in Spanish.
Call Blackline: 1-800-604-5841 - Peer support centering Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, with an LGBTQ+ Black femme lens; non-carceral.
StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483 (also reachable as 1-844-7NATIVE), or chat online. Domestic and sexual violence support for Native American and Alaska Native communities, 24/7.
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 - Call, text “HOPE” to 64673, or chat online.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
VictimConnect Resource Center (crime victim support): 1-855-484-2846
Postpartum Support International Helpline: 1-800-944-4773
Disaster Distress Helpline (SAMHSA): 1-800-985-5990 - Call or text; support in 100+ languages.
Teen Line: 1-800-852-8336 - teenlineonline.org -Staffed by trained teens; may involve emergency responders if there’s a risk of harm.
Warmlines: support before it’s a crisis
A warmline is a peer-staffed line for when you need to talk something through, but it isn’t an emergency. (More on how warm lines work.)
Thrive Lifeline: Text 1-313-662-8209 - Non-carceral peer support.
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: 1-888-407-4515 - Mon–Thu 7–9pm ET, Fri–Sun 7–10pm ET. (No voicemail - keep calling until you reach someone.)
Project Return Peer Support Warm Line: 1-888-448-9777 - Mon–Fri 2:30–10pm, Sat–Sun 10am–6pm. Peer-led by people with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges; English and Spanish.
Community-Based Alternatives to Police Response
Koreatown CAT-911: (888) 260-1169 - Calls 8am–10pm daily; text or voicemail anytime (response within 24 hours). Trained volunteers can respond in person to mental health crises, domestic violence, and other safety concerns in and around Koreatown, or offer phone support elsewhere in LA.
Don’t Call the Police – Los Angeles — A directory of LA-based resources for mental health, medical, and safety needs that don’t default to police involvement.
Inclusive Therapists’ Crisis Resource List: A broader, continually updated list of crisis resources across identities and needs.
Learn More
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness): Education and support for people living with mental illness and the people who love them.