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If you or someone else needs urgent help

Updated Sep 18, 2026 · Applies to Web, iPhone, and Android · All plans

If you or someone else is in danger right now, call your local emergency number, such as 911 in the US and Canada. ChatPEP cannot call anyone, see where you are, or send help.

Emergency numbers

  • US and Canada: 911
  • UK: 999
  • EU: 112
  • Australia: 000

If you are not sure of your local number, try 112. It works in most countries.

If someone may have taken too much

Call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 (US). They can tell you what to do right away. If the person is having trouble breathing or will not wake up, call emergency services first.

Thoughts of suicide or self-harm

  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 (US)
  • Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741 (US)
  • Outside the US: findahelpline.com lists crisis lines by country.

Abuse

In the US:

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788
  • RAINN (sexual assault): 1-800-656-4673, or rainn.org
  • Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453

Eating disorders

In the US:

  • National Eating Disorders Association: text NEDA to 741741, or visit nationaleatingdisorders.org
  • Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741

Outside the US, findahelpline.com lists support lines by country.

If you are worried about someone else

These lines are for you or someone you know. You can call or text them on someone else's behalf.

What ChatPEP does when a message sounds urgent

When a message describes a medical emergency, thoughts of suicide or self-harm, abuse, or an eating disorder, ChatPEP answers with resources like these before anything else. For a medical emergency, it answers with the emergency numbers above and nothing more.

No one is alerted when you send a message, so ChatPEP and its support inbox are not ways to get help in an emergency. Call the numbers above instead.

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