Managing a Crisis
Under 18 years of age? Please Contact the Kids Help Phone website (Canada).
Hotlines and Helplines for Kids and Teens United States of America (USA) and other countries.
Take at least one of these steps immediately:
Disclaimer
Your Social Worker or the agency he/she works for cannot be held responsible for helping you manage a crisis via secure e-mail. Because of the delays associated with the use of e-mail, online sessions are not suitable to resolve an immediate crisis. If you experience an emotional crisis (intense feelings of distress), emergency or life threatening situation, or any other crisis during the course of your sessions, merely sending a secure e-mail message to your Social Worker is not appropriate.
Unless your Social Worker has informed you of specific crisis services he/she can offer, we suggest you take the actions described above.
Hotlines and Helplines for Kids and Teens United States of America (USA) and other countries.
- Are you experiencing a crisis right now?
- Are you contemplating suicide? homicide?
- Are you emotionally "at the end or your rope?"
- You don't know what to do?
Take at least one of these steps immediately:
- Call your local crisis line. Most cities have a 24 hour crisis line. The phone number is usually listed in the telephone book on the inside front cover. If you don't have a phone book, call the operator and ask to be connected to the crisis line. Or click to find a crisis centre in:
- Call 911 (Available in most areas to reach police or ambulance.)
- Call a trusted friend or relative... ask them to talk with you or come over right away.
Disclaimer
Your Social Worker or the agency he/she works for cannot be held responsible for helping you manage a crisis via secure e-mail. Because of the delays associated with the use of e-mail, online sessions are not suitable to resolve an immediate crisis. If you experience an emotional crisis (intense feelings of distress), emergency or life threatening situation, or any other crisis during the course of your sessions, merely sending a secure e-mail message to your Social Worker is not appropriate.
Unless your Social Worker has informed you of specific crisis services he/she can offer, we suggest you take the actions described above.