Emergency Resources
If there is immediate danger:
- Call 911 and follow their recommendations or go to your nearest emergency room. For example, call 911 if someone is:
- In the act of ending their life by suicide
- Physically assaulting someone
- Threatening someone with a weapon
- Appears to have a medical emergency
- Call Public Safety (if on campus)- (925) 631-4282
If a mental health situation is escalating but is not at the level described above, call:
- Contra Costa County Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT), a team of mental health professionals who can intervene in mental health crises. Call the MCRT at 1-833-443-2672 if the behavior is escalating, but the person has not physically harmed or tried to harm anyone during this incident. For example, they are:
- Threatening suicide
- Severely depressed
- Verbally threatening someone
- Throwing objects or hitting furniture or walls
- Threatening to run away
- Could become a danger to themselves or others
If you aren’t sure what to do, call MCRT for advice. MCRT is currently available from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call 911 for incidents after those hours or on the weekend.
Other Resources:
- Call or Text the Contra Costa Crisis Hotline: 211
- Call the National Suicide Prevention Life Line: 800-273-8255
- Text the Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (if in California text “HOME” to 686868) https://www.crisistextline.org/texting-in
- Special keyword for students of color: Text STEVE to 741741
- Call the Trevor Project (for LGBTQIA people): 1-866-488-7386
- 24/7 Crisis Line (TTD): 1-800-799-4889 for deaf and hearing impaired people https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org to chat on-line
- California Youth Crisis Line: 24/7 Crisis line for Youth 12-24 & families in crisis: 1-800-843-5200 https://calyouth.org/cycl/ to chat on-line
- Disaster Distress Hotline: 1-800-985-5990 or Text to 66746