Suicide supports contact list

By Medicine Hat News on September 30, 2022.

If there is an immediate risk of suicide or bodily harm to yourself or another individual, always dial 911.

For non-immediate supports:

Canada Suicide Prevention Services

– call (24/7): 1-833-456-4566

– text (2-10 p.m.): 45645

Alberta Health Services Mental Health Line

– call (24/7): 1-877-303-2642

Kids Help Phone

– call (24/7): 1-800-668-6868

– online chat (5-9:15 p.m.): kidshelpphone.ca/live-chat-counselling

Distress Centre

– call or text (24/7): 403-266-4357

Hope for Wellness Helpline (for Indigenous populations)

– call (24/7): 1-855-242-3310

Health Link

– call (24/7): 811

For information resources about suicide and/or mental health, as well as service referrals, contact:

Canada Suicide Prevention Services

– crisisservicescanada.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association Southeast (Medicine Hat)

– call (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday): 403-504-1811

Alberta Addictions and Mental Health

– provincial (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday): 1-888-668-6868

– Medicine Hat (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday): 403-529-3500.