EMERGENCIES

 

When you need help and professional support fast

  • after potentially traumatic events
  • professional psychological support for stressful situations
  • psychological crisis intervention and emergency psychology

CONTRACT CLIENTS

24/7 emergency hotline
Office hours: 052 208 03 20
E-mail : info@kriseninterventionschweiz.ch

We are always here for you!

Fees: Depending on the type of contract (from free to CHF 210.-/hour)

 

NON-CONTRACTED INSTITUTIONS

Office hours: 052 208 03 20
E-mail: info@kriseninterventionschweiz.ch

Generally speaking, we will contact you within 24 hours. If we have availability, we may even be able to respond to requests on the same day.

Fees: CHF 300.-/hour

INDIVIDUALS

Office hours: 052 208 03 20
E-mail: info@kriseninterventionschweiz.ch

Generally speaking, you will be given an appointment within one week. Telephone counselling is often possible on the same day.

Fees: brief consultations are usually free (financed by donations)

Other sources of help

Immediate intervention is necessary if there is an acute risk of suicide or behaviour that is dangerous and divorced from reality. Call an ambulance – 144 or the police – 117!

Call the emergency services on 144 for acute psychiatric emergencies, (such as a suicide attempt or psychosis)

If other people are in serious danger: call the police on 117
(including for mental health problems)

Dargebotene Hand (Helping Hand) counselling helpline – 143
Tel 143 – Dargebotene Hand Hand is there round the clock for people who need to talk and receive support. Tel 143 is not just an emergency number for people experiencing a crisis. This Swiss emergency helpline ensures full anonymity for callers.
  • Advice from Telephone 143: any time, anonymous and confidential
  • Counselling via chat: daily from 10 am to 10 pm
  • E-mail advice: reply within 24 hours
Services for children/young people – 147

147 provides support for young people whether they have big or little worries, problems or questions.

  • It provides a free, confidential service 24 hours per day, via telephone, chat, text message or e-mail. Their website provides more information and advice on topics of concern to young people. Answers to questions that young people have brought to us.

Counselling services

  • Contacting 147 is free and confidential
  • You can choose to make contact by telephone, chat, text or e-mail
  • A telephone consultation will consider with you what your strengths are and what callers need.
  • You will be given suggestions for a different point of view or specific advice on the next steps.
  • 147 can help you to contact other experts.
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    https://www.147.ch/

    Winterthur Crisis Intervention Centre (KIZ)
    Depending on the severity of the crisis, Winterthur KIZ offers outpatient or in-patient crisis intervention.

    KIZ helps those affected to come to terms quickly with their crisis, so that

    • what triggered it and the reasons for the crisis become clearer
    • targeted, appropriate support can be organised and/or treatment commenced
    • further solutions to stabilise the person affected and support their personal development can be addressed

    KIZ offers short-term, acute assistance, not therapy.

    Crisis Intervention Centre (KIZ)
    Bleichestrasse 9
    8400 Winterthur
    T (+41) 052 264 37 00
    kiz@ipw.ch

    https://ipw.ch/patienten-angehoerige/erwachsene/kriseninterventionszentrum/behandlungsangebot

    Crisis Intervention Centre (KIZ) (PUK), Zurich

    KIZ’s in-patient service is staffed 24/7, 365 days per year.

    It can be contacted round the clock for referrals, triage or brief consultations. This service is free of charge.

    Outpatient appointments are offered on weekdays, during office hours and in the early evening, by arrangement.

    Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zurich (Psychiatric University Clinic) (PUK)
    Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
    Centre for Social Psychiatry
    In-patient and outpatient crisis intervention (KIZ)
    Militärstrasse 8
    8021 Zürich

    Telephone (+41) 044 296 73 10
    kiz@pukzh.ch

    https://www.pukzh.ch/unsere-angebote/erwachsenenpsychiatrie/angebote/stationaere-angebote/krisenintervention

    Krisen- und Notfallambulatorium Wil

    Wil crisis and emergency centre is for exceptional emotional reactions, such as panic attacks, nervous breakdowns and acute reactions to stress, in other words, a crisis. Please contact Krisenintervention Wil direct. Rapid support from a specialist is crucial, but there will also be time for explanations and preparation.

    Psychiatrie St. Gallen Nord (St. Gallen North Psychiatry)
    Zürcherstrasse 30
    9500 Wil

    Telephone (+41) 058 178 11 80

    https://www.psgn.ch/notfall-krise.html

    Krisenintervention St. Gallen (St. Gallen Crisis Intervention)

    People who are experiencing a crisis or who believe they can’t go on any longer can contact the St. Gallen crisis intervention team via the 24-hour hotline, or be referred by a doctor. The team at this 20-bed centre can be contacted at any time via the 24-hour hotline and consists of doctors, psychologists, social workers, specialist nurses, occupational therapists and dance movement therapists. Together with you, we will seek solutions, counsel you and provide you with suggestions on what to do next.

    24-hour crisis hotline: (+41) 058 178 54 44, outpatient and in-patient

    Psychiatrie St. Gallen Nord (St. Gallen North Psychiatry)
    Teufenerstasse 26
    9000 St.Gallen

    https://www.psgn.ch/therapien/psychotherapie/krisenintervention.html

    Psychiatric emergencies, DAS ÄRZTEFON

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    • Advice on the correct medical cares

    0800 33 66 55

    https://www.aerztefon.ch/

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