Crisis resources · Middlesex County, NJ
Mental health crisis resources in Middlesex County, New Jersey
If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call 911. For mental-health or suicide crisis support in the United States, call or text 988. This website is not a crisis-response service and no one here monitors messages.
National crisis lines
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 from anywhere in the United States for free, confidential support with suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, or substance-use crisis. Chat is available online. Veterans can press 1.
Call 988 Text 988 988lifeline.org Source: 988lifeline.org · Last verified August 2026Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741 to reach a trained volunteer crisis counselor by text message.
Text HOME to 741741 crisistextline.org Source: crisistextline.org · Last verified August 2026SAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referral and information for mental-health and substance-use conditions. This is an information line, not a crisis counseling line.
1-800-662-4357 samhsa.gov Source: samhsa.gov · Last verified August 2026New Jersey statewide resources
NJ MentalHealthCares Helpline
New Jersey's behavioral health information and referral service, staffed by mental-health professionals.
1-866-202-4357 njmentalhealthcares.org Source: njmentalhealthcares.org · Last verified August 2026NJ Hopeline
New Jersey's suicide prevention and peer support line.
1-855-654-6735 njhopeline.com Source: njhopeline.com · Last verified August 20262NDFLOOR youth helpline
Anonymous, confidential helpline for New Jersey youth and young adults ages 10 to 24.
1-888-222-2228 2ndfloor.org Source: 2ndfloor.org · Last verified August 2026NJ Children's System of Care — PerformCare
Single point of access for behavioral health, mobile response, and crisis services for New Jersey children and adolescents, 24 hours a day.
1-877-652-7624 performcarenj.org Source: performcarenj.org · Last verified August 2026Middlesex County crisis services
Every county in New Jersey is served by a designated psychiatric emergency screening center that can evaluate someone in crisis at any hour, including people who arrive without an appointment. Screening centers are the correct route when someone needs an urgent psychiatric evaluation but is not in medical danger.
Designated psychiatric emergency screening center
Middlesex County is served by a state-designated screening center that provides 24-hour emergency psychiatric evaluation. Confirm the current location and phone number with the county before relying on this listing.
middlesexcountynj.gov [Needs verification] — confirm current screening-center name, address, and 24-hour phone number with Middlesex County before launch. Source: Middlesex County · Last verified — pendingMiddlesex County Office of Mental Health / Human Services
County office that maintains information on publicly funded mental-health programs, case management, and screening services for county residents.
middlesexcountynj.gov [Needs verification] — confirm current office name, direct page URL, and phone number. Source: Middlesex County · Last verified — pendingDomestic violence and safety
National Domestic Violence Hotline
24/7 confidential support, safety planning, and local referrals.
1-800-799-7233 Text START to 88788 thehotline.org Source: thehotline.org · Last verified August 2026New Jersey Domestic Violence Hotline
Statewide 24-hour hotline operated by the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence.
1-800-572-7233 njcedv.org Source: njcedv.org · Last verified August 2026Pregnancy and postpartum mental health emergencies
Mental health emergencies during pregnancy and the first year after birth are treated the same way as any other psychiatric emergency. Call 911 if a mother or baby may be in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — free, confidential crisis support, 24 hours a day. If symptoms are severe but there is no immediate danger, an emergency department can evaluate someone the same day.
Postpartum psychosis is a medical emergency. Symptoms usually appear within the first two weeks after delivery and can include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, rapid mood swings, disorganized thinking, or not sleeping at all. Do not wait to see whether it passes. Read more about the symptoms and what treatment involves on our postpartum psychosis page.
Postpartum Support International HelpLine
Free, confidential support and referrals for pregnancy and postpartum mental health. Not a crisis line — for emergencies, call 911 or 988.
1-800-944-4773 Text 800-944-4773 postpartum.net Source: postpartum.net · Last verified August 2026National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
Federally operated, 24/7, free and confidential support for pregnant and postpartum people and their families, in English and Spanish.
1-833-943-5746 (1-833-9-HELP4MOMS) hrsa.gov Source: hrsa.gov · Last verified August 2026Helping someone while you wait for professional help
These are general, widely published safety steps. They are not clinical instructions and they do not replace an assessment by a qualified professional.
- Stay with the person, or stay on the phone with them, until help arrives.
- Ask directly whether they are thinking about suicide. Asking does not plant the idea; it opens the conversation.
- Reduce access to firearms, medications, and other means of harm, if that can be done safely.
- Listen without arguing, minimizing, or promising secrecy you cannot keep.
- Call or text 988 together, or call 911 if there is immediate danger.
- Write down what is happening — symptoms, timeline, medications — so you can hand it to the evaluating clinician.
- Afterward, ask about a follow-up plan in writing before leaving the emergency department or screening center.
What this page is not
MentalHealthResidential.org is an independent educational resource. We do not provide crisis intervention, counseling, diagnosis, or treatment, and we do not monitor our contact form for emergencies. Please use the phone numbers on this page instead. Listing an organization here is not an endorsement, and details can change — verify anything important directly with the organization.
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