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Helplines and support

When you need help

The numbers below are for Bulgaria. Elsewhere, use your local emergency services. In the EU, call 112. Find support by country through Find A Helpline. The directory cannot send emergency help.

You do not have to wait until things feel unbearable. Choose the service that best fits your situation. Ask directly about English-language support, opening hours and any call charges.

For an assessment, contact your family doctor, obstetrician, psychologist or psychiatrist. How community safety and reporting work.

In immediate danger

Emergency help - 112

If you or your child are in immediate danger, seek emergency help now. If safe, ask someone you trust to stay with you. Do not wait for a reply from this site.

Immediate danger - Bulgaria112 - Emergency servicesFor Bulgaria and the EU. Elsewhere, use your local emergency number.
Emergency psychiatric care - Sofia, BulgariaCall: +359 2 981 00 06Prof. N. Shipkovenski Mental Health Centre - 24-hour assistance for Sofia59 Ekzarh Yosif Street, Sofia, Bulgaria

These contacts are for people in Bulgaria, regardless of which language they use on this site. Ask the service directly about support in English. Outside Bulgaria, contact emergency services and crisis helplines where you are. Find a helpline by country. This directory cannot send emergency help.

Contact details checked: 19.09.2026 · Official contact details (Bulgarian) · Service coverage (Bulgarian)
Psychosocial support

0800 11 466

Bulgarian Red Cross contact centre for advice and psychosocial support.

Call in Bulgaria
For children and concerns about a child

116 111

Bulgaria’s national helpline for children and adults caring for them.

Call in Bulgaria
Domestic violence

0800 1 8676

A Bulgarian helpline for people experiencing or at risk of domestic violence.

Call in Bulgaria

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding support

For questions, difficulties or concerns, contact a trained volunteer breastfeeding counsellor in Bulgaria.

National Association for Breastfeeding Support

+359 896 418 488

Support with breastfeeding questions, difficulties and concerns.

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La Leche League Bulgaria

+359 888 555 385

Breastfeeding information and support from volunteer counsellors.

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These are Bulgarian services, not worldwide helplines. Information does not replace a medical or psychological assessment.