Crisis Referrals

A crisis is ...

• inflicting or attempting to inflict serious bodily harm to oneself or on another.
• being unable to provide for own food, clothing, shelter to the extent that death, bodily injury or physical debilitation might result without treatment.
• attempting suicide or behaving as though you might follow through with verbal threats.
• mutilating or attempting to mutilate oneself.
• being acutely distressed by hearing or seeing things which do not exist.
• expressing serious thoughts about hurting oneself or someone else.
• experiencing uncontrollable anxiety or anger
• having a severe reaction to psychiatric medication.

Crisis counseling for mental health emergencies is available. Please inform our office staff if you need to be seen immediately. For after-hours emergencies, call one of the numbers below or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.

USF Public Safety: (415) 422-2911

Psychiatric Emergency Services: (415) 206-8125
Open 24 hours
1001 Potrero Avenue

Suicide Prevention Hotline: (415) 781-0500
24 hour telephone counseling and referral for people who are depressed and suicidal

Mobile Crisis Treatment Team: (415) 355-8300
a diverse multidisciplinary staff that provides psychiatric crisis intervention services to adult residents of the City and County of San Francisco 365 days a year

Westside Community Crisis Clinic: (415) 355-0311
245 11th Street @ Howard

SF Women Against Rape: (415) 647-7273