If you or someone you know is experiencing an immediate, life-threatening emergency, please contact:
- 911 for immediate assistance
- the nearest emergency department.
- Campus Security at (808) 735-4792
If you or someone you know are experiencing a crisis…
During business hours: if you find yourself in a non-life-threatening crisis, please reach out to the Counseling Center for crisis intervention during our business hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM. We are generally able to return calls or respond to emails by the end of the business day. We take same-day appointments, although we encourage you to call or email ahead of time if possible to ensure that someone is available to meet with you when you arrive.
After business hours:
Click here for direct advice for overwhelming suicide or substance use urges.
You can also contact any of the following crisis resources at any time:
- Campus Security at 808-735-4792
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 or chat online at 988lifeline.org. Available 24/7.
- In Hawaii, 988 connects to Hawaii CARES, which can also be reached at 808-832-3100 or toll free at 1-800-753-6879. Anyone can call 24-hours a day and request for Crisis Mobile Outreach (CMO) workers to be sent to any location. On Oahu they promise a response time of 90 minutes or less. The person has to want help. The CMO worker will help address the immediate crisis needs and get the person hooked up with any state services they qualify for. A new person receives a crisis worker for 30 days who helps the person get set up with other services if needed.
- Crisis Text Line: text HOME or HOLA to 741741. Available 24/7.
- YouthLine: Call or 877-968-8491 or text ‘teen2teen’ to 839863. Peer support is available for youth ages 10-24 from 1-7pm HST and adults are available at other times.
- Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 (US) or 1-877-330-6366 (Canada) during scheduled hours.
- Trevor Project: for LGBTQ youth at 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678-678, or chat online at thetrevorproject.org/get-help. Available 24/7.
- LGBT National Help Center: During scheduled hours, call
- LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564
- LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline: 888-688-5428
- LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
- LGBT National Senior Hotline: 888-234-7243
- Military One Source: Call 1-800-342-9647 or chat online at militaryonesource.mil/connect. 24/7 counseling hotline at no cost to service members and their families.
- Veterans Crisis Line: Call 988 (press 1), text 838255, or chat online at veteranscrisisline.net. Available 24/7.
- National Grad Crisis Line: Call (877) 472-3457 for crisis support for graduate students. Available 24/7.
- Courage First Athlete Helpline: Call or text 1-888-279-1026, or chat online at athletehelpline.org. Available 24/7.
- RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: Call 1-800-656-4673, text HOPE to 64673 or chat online at rainn.org/help-and-healing/hotline.
- The Sex Abuse Treatment Center: Call 808-524-7273. Available 24/7.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: Call 1-800-799-7233, text START to 88788, or go to thehotline.org/help to Live Chat. Available 24/7.
- Domestic Violence Action Center Helpline: Call 808-531-3771 or 1-800-690-6200 or text 605-956-5680 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm HST.
- StrongHearts Native Helpline: Call 1-844-762-8483 for 24/7 confidential and anonymous domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans.
- Call Blackline: Call 1-800-604-5841. Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.
- Thrive Lifeline: Chat online at thrivelifeline.org during open hours. Non-carceral crisis, warmline, and group support, centering multiply marginalized communities.
- Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: Call 888-407-4515 during scheduled hours.
- National Alliance for Eating Disorders: Call 1-866-662-1235 during scheduled hours.
- National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: Call or text 1-833-852-6262, or chat online.
- Disaster Distress Helpline: Call or text 1-800-985-5990. Available 24/7.
Other helplines that provide information and resources:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Call 1-800-950-6264, text NAMI to 62640 or email [email protected] NAMI HelpLine is a 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. Youth can also text Friend to 62640 to connect with help.
- SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service), or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
- Aloha United Way 211: The comprehensive, community information and referral helpline in Hawaiʻi. Dial 211 for callers within Hawaiʻi. For those outside Hawaiʻi, call 808-275-2000 or Toll-Free at 877-275-6569, or text: 877-275-6569. Live Chat: Visit auw211.org and click the “Live Chat” bubble on the bottom right of your screen