USEFUL HELPLINES
- SADAG Mental Health Line: 011 234 4837
- Child Line: 0800 055 555;
- SADAG – The SA Depression and Anxiety Group: 011 262 6396
- SADAG Suicide Crisis Line: 0800 567 567 / SMS: 31393
- SADAG Police and Trauma Line: 0800 20 50 26
- Dept. of Social Development Substance Abuse Line:
0800 12 13 14 / SMS: 32312 - Suicide Crisis Line: 0800 567 567
- Drugwise: 011 728 6668
- LifeLine (Trauma Counselling): 0861 322 322
- Central Gauteng Mental Health Society: 011 614 9890
- FAMSA – The Family & Marriage Association of SA:
011 788 4784 / 5 or 011 788 4737 / 4739
National office: 011 975 7106 / 7 - Child Welfare SA - Report neglect or abuse of a child:
0861 42 44 53 / National: 011 452 4110 - Johannesburg Child Welfare Society: 011 298-8500
- Police Child Protection Units – Emergency number:
10111 / 08600 10111 - SA Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse: 071 280 9918
- People Opposed to Women Abuse: 011 642 4345
- Halt Elder Abuse Line – helpline for elderly people: 0800 003 081

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