Emergency numbers

 15 : SAMU (mobile emergency medical service)

 17 : Police

 18 : Fire and emergency services

 115 : mobile emergency medical service for homeless people

 112 : European emergency number

If you need psychological help, you can call one of those numbers. Please note that they are often busy especially at night and during the weekend.

General services

SOS Amitié: 01 40 09 15 22 ; www.sos-amitie.comSOS Friendship: Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Many reception points in the main towns.

Croix-Rouge Ecoute: 0 800 858 858 ; www.croix-rouge.fr/goto/actions/ecouteA red cross service from Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 10.00pm ; Saturdays and Sundays from 12.00pm to 06.00pm. Free number.

La Porte Ouverte: 0 800 212 145 (free number)

The open door: reception points in the main towns (Paris, Lyon, Nîmes, Besançon, Rouen, Toulouse).

Loneliness, depression

SOS Depression: 01 40 47 95 95 ; http://sos.depression.free.frOpen 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.Psychiatrists and psychologists listen to you. A house visit is possible in case of a serious problem.

Suicide écoute: 01 45 39 40 00 ; http://suicide.ecoute.free.frOpen 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

SOS Suicide Phénix : 0 825 120 364 (€0,15/min) ; www.sos-suicide-phenix.org

SOS Psychiatrie : 01 47 07 24 24

Psychiatrists listen to you.

Urgence psychiatrie: 01 45 65 30 30

Psychiatric emergency.

SOS Espoir: 01 43 70 69 23 ; http://sos-espoir.ifrance.com

Sos hope. Professors and nurses listen to you and give advice.  Violence

Allô Enfance maltraitée: 119 (free number) ; www.allo119.gouv.frAbused children. Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.SOS femme violence conjugale: 39 39 (cost of a local call) ; www.solidaritefemmes.asso.frConjugal violenceAide aux victimes: 0 810 09 86 09Number for victims of robbery, bag-snatching or sexual attack.

SOS Homophobia: 0 810 108 135 (cost of a local call) ; www.sos-homophobie.orgJeunes Violences Ecoute: 0 800 20 22 23 (free number) ; www.jeunesviolencesecoute.frFor young people victim of violence.

Health

Fil Santé Jeune : 0 820 235 236 (free number) ; www.filsantejeunes.comFor young people. From 8.00am to midnight; 7 days a weekPsychiatrists, jurists and social workers listen to you.

Drogues, alcool, tabac Info service : 113 (free number) ; www.drogues.gouv.frDrugs, alcohol, tobacco. Information and advice. Open 7 days a week; 24 hours a day.

Aids Info service : 0 800 840 800; www.sida-info-service.org(free number if you call from a fixed telephone or from the Internet) From 8.00am to 11.00pmInformation about the testing and prevention methods and about the transmission risks. Psychological help.

Ecoute cancer: 0 810 810 821 (cost of local call) ; www.ligue-cancer.asso.fr

GEFAB: 01 45 43 44 75 ; http://asso.gefab.free.frEuropean association for people victim of anorexia or bulimia. Psychological help.

For other numbers: www.sosfemmes.com/ressources/contacts_tel_national.htm

If you have some problems, you can visit this website: www.actualitesolidarite.com/aides/aides.htm

Many advice about different themes : Services for young people, help to those who lost their job, rights and help for foreigners in France...

Source: http://www.psychologies.com