Suicide and Mental Health Support

BBAHC Crisis Line: 1-888-865-0799

• Mental Health professionals trained to manage crisis and assist with mental health needs. Staff are able to triage incoming calls and refer to appropriate entities for immediate response when needed. Callers utilizing the crisis line can also request follow-up from a staff member during business hours if they would like further services.

BBAHC Bristol Bay Counseling Center: 907-842-1230

• Outpatient services, urgent & crisis services, community support program, crisis debriefing, co-occurring treatment. here

Alaska Careline: 1-877-266-4357

• A resource for people who are hurting, thinking of suicide, or just needs someone to talk to. 

Providence Teen Mental Health Crisis Line: (907) 563-3200

• A psychiatric nurse practitioner or a licensed mental health counselor will talk with your teen, you and their physician and/or on-call psychiatrist to determine their mental health status.

Alaska Behavioral Health: (907) 563-1000

• Community-based mental health provider with clinics in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Wasilla. Offers adult, child & family, teen & young adult services, medical and primary care, crisis response teams, and a military family clinic.

Adult Protective Services: 1-800-478-9996 (if you’re in Alaska), or 907-269-3666 and ask for Centralized Reporting

• If a vulnerable adult is hurt because they were abandoned, abused, exploited, neglected, or are not taking care of themselves, it must be reported to Adult Protective Services (APS).

Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web: (907) 222-2980

• Located in Anchorage, offering peer support groups, women's groups, WRAP group, mind, body, and spirit programs, art expression group, employment and housing services. Focus on no red tape or strings attached. 

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center: (907) 743-200

• Offers short-term consulting to help you prevent and manage illness, make informed health decisions, and create a healthy lifestyle. (Limited to ANHC primary care patients.)

National Suicide Lifeline: 988

• Three-digit, nationwide phone number to connect directly to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. 

NAMI HelpLine: Call: (800) 950-6264 | Text: NAMI to 62640 | Email: helpline@nami.org | Traditional Mail: NAMI HelpLine 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22203

• Free, confidential nationwide service that provides one-on-one emotional support, mental health information and resources needed to tackle tough challenges that you, your family or friends are facing.

Trevor Project for LGBTQ+ Youth: Text 'START' to 678-678 |Call 1-866-488-7386 | Chat via https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

• You’ll be connected to a Trevor counselor who is understanding of LGBTQ issues and won’t judge you. Your messages will be anonymous, and you can share as much or as 
little as you like. (In very specific instances of abuse or a clear concern of an in-progress or imminent suicide, Trevor counselors may need to contact a child welfare agency or emergency service.)

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: (800) 333-2377

• Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death. (NO crisis services)

QPR Institute: https://qprinstitute.com/

• People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help.