Suicide Crisis and Prevention Resources
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, help is available. It doesn’t always feel like it, but your life matters. In moments when you feel like you just need some support, there is help out there. Join the movement to spread the word that your problems, your worries, your fears, and above all you, the unique and real you, matter.
On-Campus:
- Prevent Suicide
- Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
- Counseling and Psychological Services
- 828-262-3180 (available 24/7 for emergencies, including suicidal crises)
- Counseling for Faculty and Staff
- 828-262-4951
- Appalachian State University Police
- 828-262-8000
Off-Campus:
Daymark Recovery Services (Boone)
- Crisis Line
- 866-275-9552
- Office Line
- 828-264-8759
Catawba Valley Healthcare (Hickory)
- Catawba Valley Healthcare Mobile Crisis Management
- 828-695-2511
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline resources
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Dial 988 from any phone
- Crisis support available by text
- Text HOME to 741741
- 24/7 Crisis Counseling for LGBTQ Youth Online Support Forum
- 866-488-7386
- TrevorChat/Text
- Crisis support for trans individuals, by trans individuals
- 877-565-8860
Veterans Crisis Line: For Veterans and their loved ones
- Call 988 and press 1, or
- Text 838255
North Carolina Crisis Services (NC Department of Health and Human Services)
- 828-268-6900
Watauga County Sheriff’s Office
- 828-264-3761
- 828-328-5551
Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office
- 828-758-2324