Helplines for emergency and non-emergency situations
If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911.
988
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. This was previously referred to as the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.
(866) 903-3787
National Mental Health Hotline
The Mental Health Hotline can help with a mental health crisis. A mental health crisis is a situation that involves someone who is in emotional distress, has thoughts of harm to self or others, is out of touch with reality, unable to function, and can’t calm down. An example is talk of suicide without imminent danger. Substance use, going off psychiatric medications, low mood, and eating disorders may fall into this category.
(800) 799- SAFE (7233)
National Domestic Violence Hotline
24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse.
Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.
(800) 662-HELP (4357)
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
Resources on Herbs as Medicine
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ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine
Clinicaltrials.govClinicalTrials.gov is a database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world
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Medline, National Library of Medicine
Explore herbs & supplementsBrowse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions
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Pubmed, National Library of Medicine
PubmedPubMed® comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books
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About Herbs Database, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Search herbal databaseDatabase for the public and health professionals