Emergency Resources

Go to the nearest hospital emergency room and ask for an urgent psychiatric consultation. Open 24/7.

The CSM of your ASL handles non-life-threatening urgent needs. For a first urgent visit you can often go directly during opening hours — a GP referral is not always required.

For nights, weekends and public holidays when the CSM is closed, contact the local Continuità Assistenziale (Guardia Medica) service.

Call 15 (SAMU) for an acute medical or psychiatric emergency, 112 (European number, works without a SIM), or 114 by SMS/fax if you cannot speak.

Hospital psychiatric emergency units (CH/CHU) handle acute crises. A CPOA (psychiatric reception & orientation centre, e.g. Hôpital Sainte-Anne in Paris) offers urgent assessment and orientation.

The CMP (Centre Médico-Psychologique) is the free public outpatient service covered by Sécurité Sociale. CAPS centres provide short-term crisis reception without long hospitalisation.

Call 112 (single emergency number, valid across all Autonomous Communities) for any life-threatening emergency, or 061 (Urgencias Médicas) for medical emergencies in most regions.

General hospital emergency departments (Urgencias) have an on-call psychiatry service (guardia psiquiátrica) for acute crises.

The CSM (Centro de Salud Mental) is the public outpatient reference service of each Autonomous Community. Unidades de Crisis / Hospitales de Día provide intensive short-term care.

Call 911 for any life-threatening emergency. You can ask for a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) or a Mobile Crisis Team trained to respond to mental-health emergencies.

Any hospital Emergency Room (ER) must evaluate a psychiatric emergency. Many areas also have Behavioral Health Urgent Care / Crisis Stabilization Units for walk-in mental-health care.

When ongoing care is needed, Inpatient Psychiatric Units (in general or psychiatric hospitals) provide admission and stabilization. The 988 Lifeline can help find the nearest resource.

Call 999 for any life-threatening emergency. For urgent but non-life-threatening mental-health support, call NHS 111 and select the mental-health option (available 24/7).

Any hospital A&E (Accident & Emergency) has a Psychiatric Liaison Team available 24/7 to assess and support people in mental-health crisis.

The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) provides intensive short-term care at home as an alternative to hospital admission, accessed via NHS 111 or your local crisis line.

Call 000 (Triple Zero) for any life-threatening emergency. For 24/7 phone crisis support call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Any hospital Emergency Department (ED) will assess a psychiatric emergency and can involve the on-call mental-health service.

The Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) provides urgent community mental-health assessment and short-term treatment at home, accessed via the local Mental Health Line or ED.

Call 192 (SAMU, mobile medical emergency) for acute psychiatric crises on the spot, or 190 (Polícia Militar) when there is imminent danger to life or physical safety.

The CAPS (Centros de Atenção Psicossocial) are the public mental-health units of the SUS. CAPS III and CAPS i (children/adolescents) are open 24h for walk-in crisis care without an appointment.

The UPA 24h (Unidades de Pronto Atendimento) and hospital Pronto-Socorro provide emergency stabilization when a CAPS is not available or the situation is critical.

Call 112 (single European emergency number, INEM — Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica) for immediate medical or police assistance in any life-threatening situation.

The Serviços de Urgência of district general hospitals have an on-call psychiatric service (urgência psiquiátrica) for acute crises.

SNS 24 (808 24 24 24) provides triage and the psychological support line (option 4); it can dispatch INEM or refer you to the appropriate service of the Serviço Nacional de Saúde.

Medical emergencies: 112 / 116 (INEMA ambulances). Police 113, fire 115. For a mental-health crisis, go to the emergency department of a provincial or general hospital.

Medical emergencies: 117 (ambulances) / 112. Police 119. For a mental-health crisis, go to the emergency department of the nearest central or provincial hospital.

Medical emergencies: 130 (hospitals). Fire 131, police 132. For a mental-health crisis, go to the emergency department of a central hospital (Praia or Mindelo).