Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “suicide and crisis lifeline”
Back in September, 2022, we posted about the new, three-digit suicide and crisis lifeline, where anyone in the US can access help by dialing 988. Since that time, contacts to the lifeline have more than doubled, especially among youth and young adults. In the 10 states that had the most 988 uptake, an 18.2% reduction from expected suicide mortality was …
September is suicide prevention month, and there’s a lot of information available online. Overall, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. The vast majority of suicides are by gunshot, with suffocation next and poisoning third. There Is Help Available If you search the internet for “suicide prevention” one striking result is the number of formulas …
