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Crisis resources

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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.

Text HOME to 741741

UK

Shout 85258

Free, confidential 24/7 UK text service for anyone struggling to cope.

Text SHOUT to 85258

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.

1-800-799-7233 Text START to 88788

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.

1-800-799-7233 Text START to 88788

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.