Wilmington Mental Health Hotline
Free, confidential support for Wilmington residents, available 24/7.
⚠ SAFETY NOTICE
If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911.
If you’re having thoughts of suicide or are in emotional crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
The Mental Health Hotline offers support and resources and is not a substitute for emergency services.
One in four Wilmington adults rates their own health as fair or poor, the 12th highest share of the 100 U.S. cities in this series. The city’s mental health measures are closer to ordinary, with depression sitting near the middle of that group.
Those two facts are not separate. Living with a chronic illness, ongoing pain or a health problem you cannot get on top of wears on mood and sleep, and depression in turn makes managing a physical condition harder. If you have been treating the two as unrelated, they often are not. Wilmington adults do see doctors at a good rate, which makes raising it at an appointment you already have a practical option.
Every phone number and location on this page was checked against the organization’s own published information. For resources across the rest of the state, see our Delaware mental health resources page.
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Options for Wilmington Hotlines
These lines and locations serve Wilmington and New Castle County. The Mental Health Hotline, at 866-903-3787, is one of several places to turn, so look through what fits your situation. You do not have to be in crisis to use most of them.
Wilmington Mental Health Statistics to Know
These figures come from the CDC’s PLACES program, which models health estimates for individual cities. Rankings below are against the 100 U.S. cities covered in this series.
Additional finding: 12.7% of Wilmington adults under 65 have no health insurance, close to the median of 11.6% for these cities but well above the 8.6% typical of a Delaware town. Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, crude prevalence among Wilmington adults, modeled from 2023 survey data. Fair or poor self-rated health 25.4% (95% CI 23.0–27.8); routine checkup in the past year 79.5% (76.2–82.4); ever told by a health professional they have a depressive disorder 21.3% (18.2–24.4). Ranks are against the 100 U.S. cities in this series, which are not ranked by size. Higher is better for the checkup rate and worse for the other two. For more on how depression is recognized and treated, or on what happens when you call 988, see our guides.
Help Is Here
When your health has been poor for a long time, low mood can start to feel like a reasonable response rather than something anyone can treat. It is still worth raising. Treating the two together tends to work better than treating either one alone.
If you are not sure where to begin, the Mental Health Hotline can help you find a first step. Call 866-903-3787 to talk through what you need. You can also reach the NAMI HelpLine during weekday hours for resource referrals.
Call when you’re ready.