Crisis Resources
If life is in immediate danger: call 911
For any situation involving a weapon, violence, or someone unconscious or unresponsive.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 anytime. Free, confidential, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- TTY users: use your relay service, or dial 711 then 988
- Spanish: press 2 / oprima 2
- Veterans & service members: press 1
- LGBTQ+ young people: the 988 press-3 option ended July 17, 2025. The Trevor Project offers free support 24/7: call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
- Chat online at chat.988lifeline.org
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741. Free, confidential, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Texting is often easier than calling when you cannot speak privately, or when the words feel hard to say out loud.
- Standard message + data rates apply if you do not have a free texting plan
- Spanish: text AYUDA to 741741
- crisistextline.org for web chat
988 is for everyone, not just the most extreme cases. Since the 988 launch in July 2022, youth suicide (ages 15 to 34) has fallen 11% nationally vs. projection; Indiana was among five high-call-volume states (~146% increase) that saw an 18% reduction (JAMA 2026). Calling 988 is not extreme. It's the right step. The line is showing measurable benefit.
Hamilton County crisis services
- Aspire Indiana Health Crisis Services · 1-800-560-4038 · 24/7 · multi-county service area including Hamilton
- Riverview Health ED (Noblesville) · 24/7 emergency mental health evaluation
- IU Health North Hospital ED (Carmel) · 24/7 emergency mental health evaluation
If you're worried about someone else
- Call or text 988 yourself. They help concerned family + friends too
- If there is immediate danger: call 911 and say it is a mental health emergency
- Indiana law (IC 31-33-5 child / IC 12-10-3 adult endangerment) requires reporting in some cases. See our mandatory reporting page
Crisis numbers on this page were checked on September 22, 2026 against 988lifeline.org, thetrevorproject.org, crisistextline.org and aspireindiana.org. Next check: December 22, 2026.
