Call 911 anytime you think you may need emergency care. For example, call if:
- You are thinking about suicide or are threatening suicide.
- You feel you cannot stop from hurting yourself or someone else.
- You hear or see things that aren't real.
- You think or speak in a bizarre way that is not like your usual behaviour.
Where to get help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
If you or someone you know talks about suicide, self-harm, a mental health crisis, a substance use crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress, get help right away.
- Call or text Canada's suicide and crisis hotline at 988.
- Call Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645 (4 p.m. to midnight ET).
- Kids or teens can call Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868.
- Go to the Talk Suicide Canada website at https://talksuicide.ca or the Kids Help Phone website at https://kidshelpphone.ca for more information.
Consider saving these numbers in your phone.
Call your doctor, addiction helpline, mental health helpline, or nurse advice line now or seek immediate medical care if:
- You have thoughts of hurting yourself or others.
- You are talking or writing about death.
- You are drinking a lot of alcohol or using drugs.
Watch closely for changes in your health, and be sure to contact your doctor, addiction helpline, mental health helpline, or nurse advice line if:
- You find it hard or it's getting harder to deal with school, a job, family, or friends.
- You think your treatment is not helping or you are not getting better.
- Your symptoms get worse or you get new symptoms.
- You have any problems with your antidepressant medicines, such as side effects, or you are thinking about stopping your medicine.
- You are having manic behaviour, such as having very high energy, needing less sleep than normal, or showing risky behaviour such as spending money you don't have or abusing others verbally or physically.