"Although the world
is full of suffering...
it is also full of
overcoming it."
-- Helen Keller
Selfhelp Telephone Numbers Listing
This page shows a full list of Self-Help Telephone Numbers, sorted in alphabetical order by title.
1-800-SUICIDE 1-800-SUICIDE; 1-800-784-2433
Hours: 24 hours
Source: SHSB
1-888-MARIJUANA 1-888-MARIJUANA * 1-888-627-4582
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
A Special Wish Foundation 1-800-486-9474
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-4:30pm ET
Source: SHSB
Abledata 1-800-227-0216
Source: SHSB
Access Board 1-800-872-2253
Source: SHSB
Access Project - 1-800-734-7104
Source: SHSB
Action, Parent and Teen Support 1-800-282-5660
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America 1-800-445-5950
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm PT
Source: SHSB
Agency for Health Care Research and Policy 1-800-358-9295 or (301)495-3453
Source: SHSB
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service 1-800-874-2572 (English/Spanish); TDD: 1-888-480-3739 or (301)519-0459; fax: (301)519-6616
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm ET
Source: SHSB
AIDS Hotline (USA) (800)FOR-AIDS
Source: MHN
AIDS Treatment Data Network - 1-800-734-7104
Source: SHSB
Air Ambulance Central 1-800-262-8526 or 1-800-843-8418
Source: SHSB
Air Life Line 1-800-446-1231
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Al-Anon for Families of Alcoholics (800) 344-2666
Source: MHN
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hotline 1-800-729-6686
Source: MHN
Alcohol and Drug Helpline (800) 821-4357
Source: MHN
Alcohol Hotline (800) 331-2900
Source: MHN
Alliance for Aging Research 1-800-639-2421
Source: SHSB
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education 1-800-298-2436; fax: (360)735-1305
Source: SHSB
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center - 1-800-438-4380 or (301)495-3311; fax: (301)495-3334
Source: SHSB
AMC Cancer Information and Counseling Line - 1-800-525-3777
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm MT
Source: SHSB
America's Crisis Pregnancy Helpline (800) 67-BABY-6
Source: MHN
American Association on Mental Retardation 1-800-424-3688
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Board of Medical Specialties 1-800-776-2378
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Cancer Society 1-800-227-2345 (English/Spanish/Chinese)
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
American College of Nurse-Midwives 1-888-643-9433Provides referrals to locate a certified nurse midwife.
Source: SHSB
American Council for Drug Education 1-800-DRUG-HELP (English/Spanish); 1-800-HEROIN; 800-RELAPSE; 1-800-COCAINE; 1-888-MARIJUANA; or 1-800-488-DRUG; fax: (212)595-2553; Admin: (212)595-5810 ext. 7582
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
American Council on Alcoholism - 1-800-527-5344; (410)889-0100 (in MD)
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Dietetic Association 1-800-366-1655 (English/Spanish)
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Foundation for the Blind - 1-800-232-5463; TDD: (212)502-7662
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Foundation for Urologic Disease 1-800-828-7866; 1-800-242-2383 (booklets)
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Foundation of Thyroid Patients 1-888-996-4460
Source: SHSB
American Health Assistance Foundation 1-800-437-2423
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
American Health Assistance Foundation 1-800-437-2423
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9-5
Source: SHSB
American Health Assistance Foundation - 1-800-437-2423
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
American Heart Association 1-800-242-8721
Hours: Mon-Fri, 4am-10pm MT
Source: SHSB
American Humane Association - 1-800-227-4645
Source: SHSB
American Kidney Fund 1-800-638-8299
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Leprosy Mission 1-800-LEPROSY or 1-800-543-3135
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Lyme Disease Foundation 1-800-876-5963
Source: SHSB
American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association 1-800-368-3513
Source: SHSB
American Public Information on Environment 1-800-320-2743
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
American Red Cross 1-800-375-2040
Source: SHSB
American Running and Fitness Association 1-800-776-2732
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
American SIDS Institute 1-800-232-SIDS
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1-800-635-0635
Source: SHSB
American Suicide Foundation (800) 531-4477
Source: MHN
American Trauma Society 1-800-556-7890; (301)420-4189 in MD; fax: (301)420-0617
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:30pm ET
Source: SHSB
Anderson Network 1-800-345-6324 (English/Spanish); fax: (713)745-3762
Source: SHSB
Anorexia and Bulimia Crisis (800)227-4785
Source: MHN
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Registry 1-800-483-2662
Source: SHSB
ASHA Hearing and Speech Helpline 1-800-638-8255 (voice/TDD) (Continental US,
PR, Mexico)
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
Ask a Nurse (800) 535-1111
Source: MHN
Asthma and Allergy Network 1-800-878-4403; fax: (703)573-7794
Source: SHSB
Asthma and Allergy Referral Line 1-800-822-2762 or (414)272-6071
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Attorney Referral Network - 1-800-624-8846
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Be Sober Hotline (800) 237-6237
Source: MHN
Better Hearing Institute 1-800-327-9355; fax: (703)750-9302
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
Boy's Town National Hotline 1-800-448-3000 (English/Spanish)
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Braille Institute - 1-800-272-4553
Source: SHSB
Cancer Care, Inc. 1-800-813-HOPE or (973)379-7500
Source: SHSB
Cancer Hope Network - 1-877-HOPE-NET
Source: SHSB
Cancer Information Service 1-800-4-CANCER (English/Spanish); fax: (301)402-2594
Source: SHSB
Cancer Research Institute - 1-800-99-CANCER or (212)688-7515: fax: (212)832-9376
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
Canine Companions 1-800-572-BARK
Source: SHSB
Captioned Media Program 1-800-237-6213; TTY: 1-800-237-6819; fax: 1-800-538-5636
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education Foundation, Inc. 1-800-404-9500
Source: SHSB
CDC National AIDS/HIV+ Hotline 1-800-342-AIDS (24 hrs); Spanish: 1-800-344-7432 (24 hrs); TTY: 1-800-AID-7889
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-10pm ET
Source: SHSB
CDC National Prevention Information Network 1-800-458-5231 (English/Spanish); TTY: 1-800-243-7012; fax: 1-888-282-7681
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm ET
Source: SHSB
CDC National STD Hotline 1-800-227-8922; HPV Hotline: 1-877-HPV-5868 (day/eve)
Source: SHSB
CDC National STD Hotline - 1-877-HPV-5868
Hours: day/eve
Source: SHSB
Center for Disease Control (CDC) AIDS Information (800) 342-2437
Source: MHN
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 1-800-332-4010
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm
Source: SHSB
Center for Patient Advocacy - 1-800-846-7444
Source: SHSB
Center for Rehabilitation Technologies 1-800-726-9119; fax: (404)894-9320
Source: SHSB
Center for the Study of Inherited and Neurological Disorders 1-800-283-4316 or (919)684-6515
Source: SHSB
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1-800-311-3435
Source: SHSB
Chemical Information Referral Center 1-800-424-9300
Source: SHSB
Child Abuse Hotline (800) 540-4000
Source: MHN
Child Abuse Hotline (800) 792-5200
Source: MHN
Child Find of America (800) 426-5678
Source: MHN
Child Find of America Hotline 1-800-I-AM-LOST
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm ET
Source: SHSB
Child Help USA Hotline - 1-800-422-4453
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Childcare Plus 1-800-235-4122
Source: SHSB
Childhelp USA (800) 422-4453
Source: MHN
Children's Craniofacial Association 1-800-535-3643 or (972)994-9902
Hours: 24 hrs
Source: SHSB
Children's Defense Fund 1-800-233-1200
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
Children's Hospice International 1-800-242-4453 or (703)684-0330 (volunteer information)
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, ET
Source: SHSB
Children's Organ Transplant Association 1-800-366-2682
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-4:30pm ET
Source: SHSB
Children's Wish Foundation International 1-800-323-9474
Source: SHSB
Choice in Dying, Inc. 1-800-989-WILL
Source: SHSB
Christopher Reeves Paralysis Foundation 1-800-225-0292
Source: SHSB
Clearinghouse for Immigrant Education 1-800-441-7192
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Source: SHSB
Cocaine Anonymous (800) 347-8998
Source: MHN
Consumer Credit Counseling Services - 1-800-388-2227
Source: SHSB
Covenant House (800) 999-9999
Source: MHN
Crisis Helpline (800) 233-4357
Source: MHN
Crisis Line for the Handicapped (800) 426-4263
Source: MHN