Suicide Prevention Awareness

OMHSAS Suicide Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Hope Is Ahead

If you or a loved one is in crisis or distress, you can get support from the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Services offered include:

  • 24/7 help for mental or emotional challenges
  • Prevention and crisis resources
  • Best-practice guidance for health care professionals

Support is free and confidential. Spanish language support is also available.

Call or text 988, or visit 988lifeline.org.

We want you to know that suicide is preventable and help is always available. The best way to prevent suicide is to get help as soon as you think you or your loved one is depressed. Here are the local Crisis Intervention numbers if you want to talk to someone right away. If you are feeling suicidal, you can also go to any emergency room for help.

Crisis Intervention numbers

Cumberland County Crisis

  • 717-763-2222

Dauphin County Crisis

  • 717-232-7511

Franklin County Crisis

  • 717-264-2555

Fulton County Crisis

  • 717-264-2555

Lancaster County Crisis

  • 717-394-2631

Lebanon County Crisis

  • 717-274-3363

Perry County Crisis

  • 717-243-6005

Video: Help prevent suicide

Know someone who's depressed? Acting strange? Withdrawn? Reach out! Listen. Be there to help a friend. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). There is help. You've got this!

Risk and contributing factors

Common risk factors include:

  • Bullying or lack of social acceptance
  • Family history of suicide
  • History of abuse or trauma
  • Loneliness
  • Mental and physical illness
  • Money worries
  • Relationship and family problems
  • Substance use

What to look for

Many people show common warning signs when they feel down or have suicidal thoughts, including:

  • Acting hopeless
  • Bad temper
  • Giving away favorite items
  • Sudden change in:
    • Eating habits
    • Normal behavior, like wanting to be alone more often
    • Sleep pattern
  • Talking about suicide

If you see these signs, get professional help right away. The sooner you step in, the better chance there is for a full recovery.

With help comes hope

If you or a loved one feels sad, trapped, or alone, know that help is always available.

Recovery Month spreads a positive message:

  • Behavioral health is vital to overall health.
  • Prevention and treatment work.
  • People can and do recover.

Recovery Month offers moving tales of successful recovery. It also offers tools to help you or a loved one seek mental help.

PerformCare Member Services numbers

  • Capital Area (Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and Perry counties): 1-888-722-8646 (TTY 1-800-654-5984) or PA Relay 711
  • North Central Region (Franklin and Fulton counties): 1-866-773-7917
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