Crisis resources
Help is available right now
Everything below is free and confidential. Reaching out works — most people who get support through a crisis come through it.
If you're in crisis
US
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Free, confidential support 24/7 across the United States. Call or text 988, or chat online.
UK
Samaritans
Free to call from any phone in the UK and Ireland, day or night, 365 days a year, about anything you're going through.
US
Crisis Text Line
Free 24/7 text-based support in the US — often easier than a phone call. Affiliated lines: Canada text 686868, Ireland text 50808; in the UK the same service runs as Shout 85258.
UK
Shout 85258
Free, confidential 24/7 UK text service for anyone struggling to cope.
UK
CALM — Campaign Against Living Miserably
UK helpline and webchat, 5pm–midnight daily — talking to men about anything that's getting on top of them.
global
Find a crisis centre (IASP directory)
International directory of crisis centres and helplines, country by country.
US
National Domestic Violence Hotline (US)
24/7 confidential US support for anyone experiencing relationship abuse or coercive control.
Ongoing mental-health support
UK
CALM — Campaign Against Living Miserably
UK helpline and webchat, 5pm–midnight daily — talking to men about anything that's getting on top of them.
global
HealthyGamer
Mental-health resources and coaching built for the internet generation — meets young men where they are.
global
HeadsUpGuys
Practical depression support built for men — self-checks, strategies and clinician-reviewed guidance.
US
Man Therapy
Humour-fronted mental-health entry point for men — a stigma-lowering front door to real screening and resources.
Worried a family member is being radicalized
US · global
Parents for Peace
Confidential helpline (9am–5pm PT) for families worried a loved one is being radicalized — non-judgmental, run partly by families who've been there.
US
Life After Hate
Helps people leave extremist movements and rebuild — founded by formers.
UK
ACT Early
UK advice line for family and friends worried someone is being radicalised — advice and support before it becomes a police matter, available around the clock.
UK
Educate Against Hate
UK government-backed hub of classroom and safeguarding resources on radicalisation, including incel-specific teaching guides.
Relationship abuse or coercive control
US
Love Is Respect
US support for young people on unhealthy or abusive relationships — call, chat or text.
US
National Domestic Violence Hotline (US)
24/7 confidential US support for anyone experiencing relationship abuse or coercive control.
UK
Women's Aid (UK)
UK charity for women experiencing domestic abuse, including coercive control.
US · global
Coaching Boys Into Men
Evidence-based violence-prevention program that equips athletic coaches to talk to their athletes about respect — validated in a cluster randomised trial.