Help available for preventing suicide

Crisis Support Services of Alameda County: office (510) 848-1515, hotline (510) 849-2212.

Contra Costa Crisis Center: office (925) 939-1916, hotline (510) 800) 833-2900.

Suicide Prevention and Counseling Services of Marin: office (415) 499-1193, hotline (415) 499-1100.

Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center of San Mateo: office (650) 692-6662, hotline (650) 692-6655.

Suicide and Crisis Service of Santa Clara County: office (408) 885-6250, hotline (408) 279-3312.

Information on the Bay Area Suicide and Crisis Intervention Alliance, with links to other sites on suicide: www.bascia.org.

The American Institute of Suicidology also has a Web site at www.suicidology.org.