For help in an immediate crisis, call or text 988.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Line offers free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The following organizations are good resources for information on child abuse, incest, domestic violence, and family troubles:
- Administration for Children & Families -- www.acf.hhs.gov
- Childhelp -- www.childhelp.org
- Child Welfare Information Gateway -- www.childwelfare.gov
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network -- www.nctsn.org/about-us/contact-us/get-help-now
- National Domestic Violence Hotline -- www.thehotline.org
- National Runaway Safeline -- www.1800runaway.org
- Prevent Child Abuse America -- preventchildabuse.org
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) -- rainn.org
Alternative Names
Troubled families - resources; Child abuse - resources; Incest - resources; Resources - family troubles; Resources - incest; Resources - child abuse
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Review Date 1/1/2025
Updated by: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.