List of suicide crisis lines

Suicide crisis lines can be found in many countries worldwide. Many are geared to a general audience while others are specific to a select demographic such as LGBT youth, Native American and Aboriginal Canadian youth. One of the first suicide crisis lines was the Samaritans, founded in the United Kingdom in 1953 by the Rev. Chad Varah, the then Rector of the former St. Stephen's Church in London. He decided to start a 'listening service' after reading a sermon at the grave of a 13-year-old girl who had committed suicide. She was in distress prior to her death and had no one to talk to.

There have been studies conducted in the United States and Australia which show that suicide crisis lines may reduce suicidality and effect improvements in the caller's mental state.

Country	Organization
Australia	Lifeline is a 24-hour nationwide service that provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services. http://www.lifeline.org.au/ Kids Help Line is a 24-hour nationwide service that provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and counselling services for Australians aged 5-25 http://www.kidshelp.com.au/grownups/about-this-site.php
Canada	The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline based in the United States is also available nationwide in Canada it is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Default.aspx Youthspace.ca is an online service for youth in crisis to receive confidential emotional support and crisis intervention through online chat, texting, forum posting and e-counselling. Youthspace.ca is an anonymous service run by NEED2. Kids Help Phone is a nationwide 24-hour, toll-free, confidential crisis line and counselling service available to Canadians under the age of twenty http://org.kidshelpphone.ca/en The Native Youth Crisis Hotline is a nationwide suicide prevention call line that serves Native American and Alaskan native youth in the United States and Aboriginal youth in Canada. The crisis line is maintained by the Native American advocacy group, Women of Nations. http://www.women-of-nations.org/
India	AASRA is a registered charity in Maharashtra state India and is part of Befrienders International/Worldwide. The English language organization is aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide in Maharashtra 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. http://www.aasra.info
Ireland	Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout Ireland http://www.samaritans.org/
New Zealand	Lifeline Aotearoa provides support, information and resources to people at risk of suicide, family and friends affected by suicide and people supporting someone with suicidal thoughts and/or suicidal behaviours. http://www.lifeline.co.nz/
United Kingdom	Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom http://www.samaritans.org/ PAPYRUS is an acronym of the charity's original name: the Parents Association for the Prevention of Young Suicide - now abbreviated to PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide http://www.papyrus-uk.org/ Campaign Against Living Miserably is a registered charity based in England. It was launched in March 2006 as a campaign aimed at bringing the suicide rate down among men aged 15–35. http://www.thecalmzone.net/
South Africa	Lifeline offers crisis counselingis a nationwide organization that provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. http://www.lifeline.org.za/contactus.php.html
United States	The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ The Veterans Crisis Line is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to United States military personnel both active-duty and veterans, in suicidal crisis or emotional distress http://veteranscrisisline.net/ The Trevor Project is a nationwide organization that provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/