In immediate danger
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call the emergency number in your country:
- European Union: 112
- United States and Canada: 911
- United Kingdom and Ireland: 999 or 112
- Australia: 000
- New Zealand: 111
Thinking about suicide, or worried about someone
These lines are free and open day and night.
- United States: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988. 988lifeline.org
- Canada: 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline. Call or text 988. 988.ca
- United Kingdom and Ireland: Samaritans. Call 116 123. samaritans.org
- Australia: Lifeline. Call 13 11 14. lifeline.org.au
- New Zealand: Need to talk? Call or text 1737. 1737.org.nz
- Netherlands: 113 Zelfmoordpreventie. Call 113 or 0800-0113. 113.nl
- Belgium (Flanders): Zelfmoordlijn. Call 1813. zelfmoord1813.be
Any other country
Two international directories list helplines per country:
- Find A Helpline, offered through the International Association for Suicide Prevention
- Befrienders Worldwide
Not in crisis, but in need of care
Contact your GP or family doctor, or the mental health service in your area. If you already have a clinician, contact them first. If you have a crisis card or an emergency plan, use it and show it to the people who help you.
Numbers last checked: November 2026.
Prof. dr. Jim van Os, Chair Division Neuroscience, Utrecht University Medical Centre. Jim works at the interface of ‘hard’ brain science, health services research, art and subjective experiences of people with ‘lived experience’ in mental healthcare.
Jim has been appearing on the Thomson-Reuter Web of Science list of ‘most influential scientific minds of our time’ since 2014. In 2014 he published his book ‘Beyond DSM-5‘, and in 2016 the book ‘Good Mental Health Care’. In 2026 he published 'Wat psychisch lijden is'.
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