Crisis Phone Numbers and Mental Health Help List From NAMI Berks County
NAMI Berks County PA publishes an "If in Crisis" list of phone and text numbers for people facing a mental health crisis in Berks County, along with numbers for suicide prevention, alcohol and drug problems, domestic violence and child abuse. The list is free to read at namiberkspa.org/crisis-info, and each number belongs to the service named next to it.
For an immediate mental health crisis, dial 988. You will be connected to a local service to get you immediate help. NAMI also notes that 988 can be reached by call, text or chat, and that help there is available 24/7.
For crisis help in Berks County, the list gives Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems. Holcomb Crisis Intervention offers a crisis program to assist children, adolescents and adults experiencing varying levels of crisis. Its services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and are free to the residents of Berks County, and its staff includes individuals fluent in Spanish. The numbers are 1-888-219-3910 or 610-379-2007.
If you are feeling hopeless or depressed, RUOK Berks? offers support by text: text ruOK to 484-816-7865. Those resources are provided by the Berks County Suicide Prevention Task Force, and more information is at ruokberks.com. The hours for that text line are not listed.
The list also includes the NAMI HelpLine at (800) 950-NAMI (6264), an information and referral service reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.- 10 p.m., ET. NAMI describes the HelpLine as a free, confidential nationwide service that provides one-on-one emotional support, mental health information and resources; you can also text NAMI to 62640 or write to NAMI HelpLine, 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203. The HelpLine is closed on all federal holidays, and NAMI states plainly that it is not a hot line, crisis line, or suicide prevention line, and that it does not provide counseling, individual advocacy or referrals to individual providers or lawyers. For a crisis, use 988.
Other numbers on the Berks list include the Council on Chemical Abuse at (610) 376-8669 for substance use, Poison Control at (800) 222-1222, and Safe Berks, formerly Berks Women in Crisis, which provides a safe haven and ongoing support system for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through a 24/7 hotline at 844-789-SAFE or by texting SAFE BERKS to 20121. National hotlines for suicide, alcohol and drug problems, domestic violence and child abuse are listed as well.
For general questions about NAMI Berks County, the office is at 640 Walnut Street-Bsmt, Reading, PA 19601, and the general number is 610-685-3000. Office hours are not listed. Apart from the Holcomb crisis services, which are described as free to Berks County residents, and the NAMI HelpLine, which NAMI calls free, the cost of the other listed services is not stated.
Source: namiberkspa.org/crisis-info, read September 18, 2026.
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Crisis Intervention & Emergency Services 988 Dial 988 if you or someone is experiencing a mental health crisis. You will be connected to a local service to get you immediate help.
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