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These lines are free, confidential, and staffed around the clock. You do not need to be in crisis to use them, and you do not need to have the right words ready.
Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. If a new or expectant mother is experiencing delusions, hallucinations, or thoughts of harming herself or her baby, that is a medical emergency — do not wait for a scheduled appointment, and do not leave her alone.
24/7 support lines
Call or text 988 from anywhere in the US. Free and confidential, 24/7, for suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, or worry about someone else. 988lifeline.org
1-833-852-6262. Call or text, 24/7, staffed by professional counsellors specifically for pregnant and postpartum people. English and Spanish, with interpreters in more than 60 languages. TTY users dial 711 then the number.
Call or text. Press 1 for Español, 2 for English. Text in English to 800-944-4773, or en Español to 971-203-7773. A trained volunteer returns your message; this is a support and referral line rather than an emergency line. postpartum.net
None of these are affiliated with the Musgrove Family Fund, and none of them receive anything from it. They are listed because they do the work.
The established US nonprofit in perinatal mental health. Runs the helpline above, maintains a directory of specialist providers by state, and hosts free online support groups — including groups specifically for people who have experienced postpartum psychosis, and for partners.
A UK charity, and the only one in the world dedicated specifically to postpartum psychosis. Run by women who have recovered from it, alongside clinicians and researchers. Their explanatory material is the clearest available anywhere, and useful wherever you live; their peer support is UK-based.
A state programme that gives obstetric and primary care clinicians same-day access to perinatal psychiatric consultation, so a front-line provider does not have to guess. It supports providers rather than taking patient calls — but it is worth knowing it exists, because you can ask your clinician to use it. Most Massachusetts obstetric practices are enrolled.
Policy-focused: the organisation working on the legislative and funding side of maternal mental health in the US. The place to look if the part of this case that angers you is the systemic part, and you want to do something about it beyond giving.
Most postpartum psychosis is identified by someone other than the person experiencing it. That is not incidental — it is a feature of the illness. Someone who has lost insight cannot reliably report that they have lost insight.
Which means the useful things are unglamorous:
Some people arrive at a story like this one because it touches something of their own. If reading about this case has brought up a loss — a child, a pregnancy, a person you could not reach in time — the lines at the top of this page are for that too. There is no threshold you have to meet to call one.
Phone numbers and services on this page were verified on August 22, 2026. Services change — if you find a number here that no longer works, it should be corrected immediately rather than left in place.
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