hotlines/warmlines

If you are facing an emergency please dial 911.

Crisis Support Services
1-800-309-2131 (Alameda County)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255 (National)

San Francisco Warm Line

1-855-845-7415

Domestic Violence Services
The Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (National)

Parental Support Lines
Family Paths
1-800-829-3777 (Alameda County)
National Parent Helpline
1-855-427-2736

ACCESS Program
1-800-491-9099
ACCESS stands for Acute Crisis Care and Evaluation for System-wide Services. Alameda County Residents.

HIV Nightline (5pm-5am)
1-415-434-2437 (San Francisco) 
1-800-628-9240 (National)

 Trevor Lifeline: LGBT Youth Line

1-866-488-7386 or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200

mobile crisis

Berkeley and Albany Mobile Crisis

Mobile Crisis: Phone (510) 981-5900. For voice message call (510) 981-5254.  

Berkeley and Albany residents may call this service which operates from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days per week.

Alameda County/Oakland Mobile Crisis: Community Crisis Response Program: 800-491-9099 or 510-268-7836

The Crisis Response Program has offices in Oakland, Fremont and Hayward which are open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The program also has offices in downtown Livermore and Pleasanton; these are open three days per week.

• 800-491-9099 (The Crisis Response Program is reached through ACCESS)

• The downtown Oakland Mobile Crisis Team responds to requests from the Oakland Police Department, other agencies and individuals for assistance with mental health evaluations of adults in the community (staff permitting). Operates from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

SF Mobile Crisis

Mobile Crisis Team: 415-970-4000

Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 11 PM (last field visit at 10PM)
Saturdays and Holidays12 Noon to8 PM(last field visit at 7PM)

Comprehensive Child Crisis (415) 970-3800

online Resources

National Alliance on Mental Illness

www.nami.org

Treatment Advocacy Center

www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org

Mental Health Association of SF

www.mentalhealthsf.org

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

www.dbsalliance.org

The National Eating Disorders Association

www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

support groups

Crisis Support Services of Alameda County

For Support Groups please contact Clinical Director:
Devah DeFusco, LMFT 510-420-2475

Grief Support Group for men and women over 18 years old. Women’s Support Group for Women 55 and Over provides women ongoing support. Loss Due to Suicide group is designed to aid those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Homicide Survivors group provides support, coping strategies and a safe outlet for those who have lost a loved one to homicide. 

Mental Health Association of San Francisco

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Phone: Office (415)-421-2926, Warm Line (855)-845-7415
Email: info@mentalhealthsf.org

870 Market St., Suite 928
San Francisco, CA 94102

Offers self-help peer support groups, including a suicide survivors’ group and groups for people with compulsive hoarding and cluttering.

Depression & Bipolar Alliance of San Francisco

Phone: (415)-995-4792

St. Francis Memorial Hospital, Lower Level Conference Rooms B & C
900 Hyde St. (at Pine)
San Francisco, CA 94109

Support groups for people who identify as having depression, bipolar disorder, or other mood disorders, as well as a separate support group for family and loved ones.

Stonewall: SF AIDS Foundation

Walk in Monday-Friday at 4PM or call (415) 487-3100 and speak with a counselor.

1035 Market St #400, San Francisco, CA 94103

The Stonewall Project is a non-shaming & sex positive counseling program for men who have sex with men looking to make changes to their crystal meth, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, GHB, Ketamine, alcohol and/or other drug use.  

Each week Stonewall offers a variety of walk in groups, book clubs, harm reduction education opportunities, syringe exchange services, individual counseling, and wellness services like meditation, massage and acupuncture. No paperwork, no intake, no waits. You decide what services are a good fit. 

The Icarus Project – Bay Area Meeting @ Rock Paper Scissors Collective

2278 Telegraph Ave. (at 23rd)
Oakland, CA 94612
Hours: Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Email: nolaicarusproject@riseup.net

A peer-run support group that explores alternatives to psychiatric options and conventional ways of talking about mental health.

National Alliance on Mental Illness San Francisco

315 Montgomery St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone:(415)-905-6264
Email: info@namisf.org

Offers peer-to-peer education groups and classes, support groups for people with  mental health challenges, family support groups and education programs.

Oasis Community Center – Office of Self-Help

1633 Mission St. (at Plum) 3rd Floor, Room 310
San Francisco, CA 94103
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9am – 5pm
Phone: (415)-575-1400

Services are available on limited days and times, so please call ahead for information. Provides drop-in peer counseling, a peer- run Warm Line, acupuncture, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, various support and activity groups, as well as limited shuttle service for loved ones visiting families members in out-of-town mental health facilities. 

UCSF Alliance Health Project

1930 Market St. (at Guerrero)
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415)-476-3902
Email: ahpinfo@ucsf.org

Alliance Health Project hosts a variety of both drop-in and registration-only support and therapy groups for LGBTQI people both HIV positive and negative.