If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, call the Samaritans crisis helpline at 877-870-4673 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255). Those in need of mental health support or substance use crisis care in New Hampshire can call or text the NH Rapid Response Access Point at 1-833-710-6477 or visit NH988.com. Anyone needing assistance outside either state can call or text the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Here are more resources:
Safe Place Support Group: Meets in North Andover on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Michael Parish, at 196 Main St.
Attempt Survivor Support Group: Offered three to four times annually by Samaritans of Merrimack Valley, 978-327-6671.
Family and Community Resource Center: Samaritans of Merrimack Valley, at 1 Union St. in Lawrence, 978-327-6607; 866-912-4673, www.stop-suicide.org
Crisis Text Line: A texting service for emotional crisis support. To speak with a trained listener, text HELLO to 741741. Free, available 24/7, and confidential.
Lahey Health Behavioral Services: Lowell Area, 800-830-5177; Haverhill area, 800-281-3223; Lawrence area: 877-255-1261; Salem area, 866-523-1216
Eliot Community Human Services Community Behavioral Health Center in the North Shore: at 10 Harbor St., Danvers, 888-769-5201
Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line: open 24/7, 833-773-2445
Care Dimensions: Formerly Hospice of North Shore, 978-620-1250
Compassionate Friends: assists families throughout grief following a death 1-877-969-0010
International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Consortium on Preventing Law Enforcement Suicide: surveymonkey.com/r/ZKZ7KHG
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: lifelineforattemptsurvivors.org
Mass. Coalition for Suicide Prevention: masspreventssuicide.org
Waking Up Alive: wakingupalive.org
Suicide Survivors: suicidesurvivor.org
Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention: actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness: namimass.org
Mass 211: staffed by United Way and connects callers to information about critical health and human services programs, mass211.org
The Merrimack Valley Prevention and Substance Abuse Project: mvpasap.com
Call2Talk: national suicide prevention lifeline crisis center, 508-532-2255
The Children’s Room: largest independent non-profit in Massachusetts dedicated to supporting grieving children, teens and families, 781-641-4741
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