Sacramento Mental Health Hotline
Free, confidential support for Sacramento 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 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
The Mental Health Hotline is a support and resource line, not a substitute for emergency services.
Mental health conditions are among the most common health problems Sacramento residents face. About one in seven Californians lives with some form of mental illness, and more than half of the people in the state who need care do not get it, usually because of what it costs.
Sacramento has a particular version of this problem. On the CDC’s city-level estimates, adults here report feelings of loneliness at close to the highest rate of any large city in the country. Isolation makes everything else harder to deal with, and it makes reaching out feel less possible at exactly the point it would help most.
The Mental Health Hotline is one place to start. Calling is free and confidential, and the line is open 24/7. Call 866-903-3787 to ask about mental health resources and treatment options in the Sacramento area, whether you are looking into depression, anxiety or group therapy.
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Options for Sacramento Hotlines
The resources below serve Sacramento and Sacramento County, starting with the Mental Health Hotline and moving outward to statewide and national lines. If you are dealing with an emergency right now, call 911, or call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For options elsewhere in the state, see our California mental health hotline page.
Sacramento Mental Health Statistics to Know
Sacramento’s diagnosis rates are close to average for a large American city. What is not average is how many people here describe themselves as lonely or without anyone to lean on. Roughly two in five adults report feelings of loneliness, the seventh highest share among the 100 cities we cover, and close to three in ten say they lack the social and emotional support they need.
Fewer people here see a doctor for a routine checkup than in most large cities, which matters because a regular appointment is where many people first mention how they have been feeling. If that route is not open to you, the lines on this page are.
Sources: Sacramento figures are model-based estimates from the CDC PLACES 2025 release, built on 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data: 39.9% of adults reported feelings of loneliness (95% CI 35.5–44.2), 29.6% reported a lack of social and emotional support (95% CI 26.0–33.0), 22.3% reported a depression diagnosis (95% CI 19.4–25.3), and 69.4% had a routine checkup in the past year. The statewide figures above are drawn from California health system reporting and need a current citation before publication.
Help Is Here
Feeling cut off from people is not a small thing, and in Sacramento it is a common one. It is also a reason to call rather than a reason not to.
The Mental Health Hotline is free to call, confidential and open 24 hours a day. Call 866-903-3787 to ask about your options and get pointed toward support in the Sacramento area.
Call when you’re ready.