Veterans' Suicide Prevention Hotline

The Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline has provided immediate, often lifesaving, help to tens of thousands veterans and their loved ones throughout the year.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national, 24-hour, and toll-free suicide prevention service available to all those in suicidal crisis who are seeking help. Individuals seeking help can dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). They will be routed to the closest possible provider of mental health and suicide prevention services.

The network is comprised of more than 130 individual crisis centers across the country creating a nationwide coverage area. It is administered through Link2Health Solutions, Inc., an organization with experience in crisis, information, and referral hotline management.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline grant is one component of the National Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI), a multiproject effort to reduce suicide led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services.

Also provides a, "Veteran's Chat" where a Veteran is able to chat on-line with a trained VA counselor anonymously. Veterans, family members or friends can access Veterans Chat through the suicide prevention Web site (www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org). There is a Veterans tab on the left-hand side of the website that will take them directly to Veteran resource information. On this page, they can see the Hotline number (1-800-273-TALK), and click on the Veterans Chat tab on the right side of the Web page to enter.