Resources in Your Community
What Should You Do If You Have a Mental Health Crisis?
Start by calling your mental health provider, if you have one. Your provider is there to help you in the event of a mental health crisis. They might have an after-hours phone number. Make sure you have that phone number saved and ready to use.
If you do not have a mental health provider, call Crisis Services at 988 (available 24 hours a day / 7 days a week).
Resources in Your Community
Benton County Health Department
Website: https://www.co.benton.or.us/health/page/behavioral-health-division
Phone: 888-232-7192
Lincoln County Health and Human Services
Website: https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/636/Behavioral-Health
Phone: 866-266-0288
Linn County Mental Health
Website: https://www.linncountyhealth.org/mental-health/page/accessing-services#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20interested%20in,discuss%20eligibility%2C%20resources%20and%20options
On-Site services: Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 445 Third Ave SW, Albany, Oregon by calling.
Phone: 541-967-3866
Lines for Life
Lines for Life is there to help you prevent suicide or substance abuse. Their staff and volunteers are high trained crisis intervention specialists. They are there to offer confidential help and hope to individuals and their loved ones during a crisis or when needing help for drug addiction, alcohol abuse, thoughts of suicide and other mental health issues. Although services are available to anyone in need, they are targeted to support those struggling with addiction and recovery, military service members, veterans, older adults, youth and their families.
- Suicide lifeline: 800-273-8255
- Alcohol and drug helpline: 800-923-4357
- Military helpline: 888-457-4838
- Youthline: 877-968-8491
Warmline
A warmline gives you a chance to talk with people who have lived with mental health or addictions challenges. It’s another option to a crisis line. It’s ran by trained “peers,” people who are in recovery. You can call the David Romprey Oregon Warmline at 800-698-2392, seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
When You Should Go to the Emergency Room
Go to the emergency room if you can’t reach your provider or crisis services or if you feel like you might harm yourself or someone else. If you’re having a medical emergency dial 911.
Make a Crisis Prevention Plan
A crisis prevention plan will help you, your support people and provider, prepare for times when life seems too hard to manage. This plan is designed to help talk about what would help when extra support or action is needed. Namaste Rx encourages you to talk with a person that understands your strengths and challenges to help make this plan. It’s best to prepare this plan when you are feeling okay about yourself and your life.
Make a plan that fits and works for you. You can fill out this plan by yourself, with a peer support person, family member, friend or mental health provider. Keep your crisis prevention plan readily available to you and your support people.
Consider having copies in several places:
- Keep your plan where you can easily find it.
- Give a copy to your mental health provider.
- Give a copy to the local psychiatric crisis response team.
Oregon Wide
Oregon Health website
Online Help
- Talk to a therapist online at metanoia.org.
- You might prefer to write down how you are feeling.
- Have an email conversation with Jo @ www.samaritans.org.
- Need to talk? Contact someone at www.befrienders.org.
National
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
24 hours a day / 7 days a week
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
24/7 Lifeline Crisis Chat Line
En español: 1-888-628-9454
TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY (4889)
YouthLine
Offers teen to teen crisis help with both a phone line and a texting support
line through Lines for Life.
Teens respond from 4:00 to 10:00 PM Monday through Friday
24 hours a day / 7 days a week
Call 1-877-968-8491
Text teen2teen to 839863
Veterans Crisis Line
Confidential help for veterans and their families.
Call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1
Text to 838255
Trans Lifeline
A trans-led organization that offers direct service, material support,
advocacy, and education.
Peer support hotline available 7 am to 1 am PST
1-877-565-8860
The Trevor Project
For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
24 hours a day / 7 days a week
1-866-488-7386
Friends For Survival, Inc.
National support for survivors of suicide.
1-916-392-0664
Crisis Text Line
Text OREGON to 741741 – 24 hours a day/7 days a week
National Organizations
American Association of Suicidology
www.suicidology.org
1-202-237-2280
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.afsp.org
1-888-333-2377
National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention and Aftercare
www.thelink.org
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org
1-800-950-6264
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
www.cdc.gov/injury
National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org
1-800-969-NMHA(6642)
Suicide Information and Education Center
www.siec.ca
1-403-245-3900
Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education
www.save.org
1-952-946-7998
Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
www.spanusa.org
1-202-449-3600
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
www.samhsa.gov
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Project
www.yellowribbon.org
1-303-429-3530
Linn, Benton, & Lincoln County Housing/Houseless Services
Community Services Consortium website
Benton County
Address: 917B NW Grant Avenue; Corvallis, Oregon 97330
Phone: 541-928-6335
Lincoln County
Address: 120 NE Avery, 2nd Floor; Newport, OR 97365
Phone: 541-574-2280
Linn County
Address: 250 SW Broadalbin, Suite 2A; Albany, OR 97321
Phone: 541-928-6335
Linn County Shelters
Lincoln County Shelters
Benton County Shelters
Benton County Food Pantries
Emergency Food Boxes: Local food pantries provide a 3-5 day supply of food to individuals and families at or below the 185% of the federal poverty rate. These agencies serve an average of over 14,000 individuals per month.
Benton County Meal Sites
Emergency meal sites provide a welcoming environment and a free meal to individuals and families seeking assistance.
Linn County Food Pantries
Emergency Food Boxes: Local food pantries provide a 3-5 day supply of food to individuals and families at or below the 185% of the federal poverty rate. These agencies serve an average of over 14,000 individuals per month.
Linn County Meal Sites
Emergency meal sites provide a welcoming environment and a free meal to individuals and families seeking assistance.
Lincoln County Food Pantries & Meal Sites
For information about food pantries and emergency meal sites in Lincoln County, please contact Food Share of Lincoln County at 541-265-8578. Visit them on the web at foodsharelc.org.
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