Assistance and Emergency Calls in Psychological Crises

Outside the opening hours and in acute cases, please contact one of the following points of contact. Nationwide search services for care from health insurance companies and public authorities are also listed here.

Emergency Call

In case of danger to life, please contact the Emergency Service at Tel: 112

Telephone Counseling

Anonymous counseling (personal, by phone, in chat, or by mail) 24 hours a day, free from all over Germany Online offer at https://www.telefonseelsorge.de/

Telephone Counseling: +49 800 111 0 111 or +49 800 111 0 222 or 116123

Crisis Chat

free crisis counseling 24/7 via SMS/WhatsApp for everyone under 25 years https://krisenchat.de/ueber-uns

Violence Against Women Helpline

The Violence Against Women Helpline is enationwide consulting service for women who have experienced or are still experiencing violence. At the number 08000 116 016 and via online counseling, victims of all nationalities are supported - 365 days a year, around the clock. Relatives, friends, and professionals are also advised anonymously and free of charge.

Service at https://www.hilfetelefon.de

Psychiatric Emergency Rooms

If you need immediate personal help and also wish to be admitted as an inpatient in a psychiatric facility if necessary, you can go to the emergency room of a hospital with a psychiatric department and outpatient clinic at any time.

Psychiatric Emergency Rooms in Halle (Saale)

University Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics

Julius-Kühn-Str. 7
06112 Halle / Saale
Phone: +49 345 557 3611

More information on the pages of the University Clinic

Medical On-Call Service

The Medical On-Call Service attends to patients whose illness is too urgent to wait for the next regular doctor’s appointment, but not so urgent that notifying emergency services is necessary.

By calling the number 116 117, you will be directed to the on-call service in your region.

Within their capacities, private practice doctors and psychotherapists also offer crisis assistance. Here you can find important links to doctor and therapist searches. If you specify the target group “children and adolescents,” you will find therapists specialized for this age group.

Under the tab »Specialist Care«, you can find, for example, specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapy, specialists in neurology, specialists in psychosomtic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Specialists in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychological Psychotherapists and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists. 

Nationwide Doctor Search

Counseling by the Social Psychiatric Service

The Social Psychiatric Service offers free counseling and help for adults with mental issues, mental illnesses, in acute crisis situations, with suicidal thoughts, addiction problems, age-related mental disorders, and intellectual disabilities, also for relatives and the social environment.

Team Social Psychiatry
Hansering 20
06108 Halle (Saale)
Telephone: (+49 345 2215720)
sozialpsychiatrie@halle.de

Further information and contactFind comprehensive information on the topic of “Mental Health” at https://www.psychenet.de