Counselors familiar with LGBTQ+ youth concerns will be dropped from a nationwide 988 suicide prevention hotline.

THROUGH CALLS, TEXTS AND ONLINE CHATS, OPERATORS OFFER A SHOULDER TO CRY ON SOMEONE WHO LISTENS, AND THE SERVICE IS WIDELY ...

As funding losses threaten the existence of nationally available resources, we can expect the gaps in care to widen for ...

Three years after the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the service is seeing increased call, chat and text volume ...

"988 is here and so, for best success, we're going to need a coordinated crisis services system where, once you call 988, counselors can help you identify where to go," Cantor said.

WASHINGTON — 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline be routed by wireless carriers to local call centers. “If we get more people connected to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to resources that are ...

The national suicide and crisis lifeline -- 988 -- is only effective if people use it, but sometimes not knowing what to expect can deter those in crisis from calling. Illeah Marcum, director of ...

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In a move that could mean more Americans in crisis get help and get it quickly, federal officials announced Tuesday that major cellphone carriers now have ...

Getting help for mental health has never been easier. And the number of callers to 988 is on the uptick.

It's a common rumor around Oklahoma City - when people call 988, Oklahoma's mental health hotline, the calls often go to the police. Is that true?

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline makes life-saving mental health services and support available to anyone, anywhere in the United States.