If your child is in crisis, call 911 or a local mobile crisis team:
Boston/Metro Boston Region
Boston/Cambridge Somerville
(Boston (Dorchester, South Boston, Roxbury, West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Lower Mills), Brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea, East Boston, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop)
- Boston Medical Center/Boston Emergency Service Team (B.E.S.T.)
24-hour access number: 1-800-981-4357
Norwood
(Canton, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Medfield, Millis, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Walpole, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, and Wrentham)
- Riverside Community Care
24-hour access number: 1-800-529-5077
South Shore
(Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, and Weymouth)
- Aspire Health Alliance (formerly South Shore Mental Health (SSMH))
24-hour access number: 1-800-528-4890
Central Region
MetroWest
(Acton, Ashland, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Marlborough, Natick, Northborough, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Westborough, Wilmington, Winchester, and Woburn)
- Advocates
24-hour access number: 1-800-640-5432
Additional emergency numbers:
- Connect with a Crisis Counselor by texting HOME to 741741
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 (Call/Text)
- Parent Stress Line: 1-800-632-8188