Get help now
Four lines answer in Singapore — free, 24/7, staffed by people whose job is to pick up. If you or someone near you is in immediate danger, call 995. Reaching out is not an overreaction.
Emergency
If you or someone near you is in immediate danger. Ambulance and police — say what is happening; they have heard it before.
National Mindline
MOH's national mental health line. Free, 24/7 — in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
Samaritans of Singapore
For anyone in crisis, including thoughts of suicide. 24/7 and free from mobile phones, and they will stay on the line with you.
CareText
WhatsApp 9151 1767
Text support run by SOS, 24/7. If saying it out loud is too much, type it instead.
All four are free from a Singapore mobile phone and answer at any hour, weekends and public holidays included. You do not need an account here, or anything installed, to use them.
Which one do I call?
There is no wrong choice. But if you are deciding right now:
- Immediate danger, yours or someone else's: 995, first, before anything else on this page.
- You want to talk to a person now: 1771, the national line — it takes calls in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
- You are thinking about suicide, or worried about someone who is: 1767, the Samaritans of Singapore. That is exactly what they are there for; they will not be shocked, and they do not call anyone without telling you.
- You cannot speak out loud: type instead — CareText on WhatsApp, 9151 1767.
None of these lines is only for "serious" cases. A bad week, a night that will not end, a worry about a friend — all of it counts.
If you are using Teman when things get bad
Before the AI answers anything that mentions suicide or self-harm, the chat stops and answers with these same numbers instead — a fixed reply, not a generated one — and the conversation is flagged for same-day review by a qualified counsellor. A person reads it, every time. The whole design, including its limits, is written down at How the crisis screen works.
Teman is support, not emergency care, and not a substitute for professional help. The chat cannot send anyone to you. If you are in danger, call 995.
One number you will see elsewhere
The Institute of Mental Health's former 24-hour helpline was retired, and its old number still circulates on other websites and old posters. This page prints only numbers we can stand behind, and the four above all answer today. If someone gives you the old line, one of the four is what they meant.