Get help now
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, or is in emotional distress, help is available right now — free and confidential.
If someone is in immediate danger
Call 91124/7 crisis lines
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
24/7, free, confidential support for anyone in distress.
Local emergency screening
In New Jersey, every county has a designated screening center that can evaluate psychiatric emergencies 24/7. These are the centers for the areas PsychMentalHealth covers.
Middlesex County
University Behavioral Health Care — Psychiatric Emergency Services
County-designated screening center providing 24/7 emergency psychiatric evaluation.
1-855-515-5700Camden County
Cooper University Health Care — Screening & Crisis Intervention
County-designated screening center for psychiatric emergencies, available 24/7.
1-800-528-4046Phone numbers for county screening centers can change. Please verify before relying on them, and when in doubt call 988 or 911.