MADISON, Wis. — The new 9-8-8 Mental Health Crisis Hotline launched just over a week ago and has already seen a 45% increase in calls nationwide compared to the week before the launch. The new number runs on the same system as the old 1-800-273-TALK suicide hotline but was transitioned in an effort to make it easier to remember. The.
A mom shared that she berated her husband in the middle of his Youtube livestream after she learned that he left their seven-month-old baby unattended in another room for four hours while he was streaming and she was shopping.
CHARLESTON — A celebration of hope is how Lata Menon, the CEO of First Choice Services is describing Saturday’s launch of West Virginia’s 988 Crisis and Suicide Lifeline.
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Much like 911, which was implemented in the year 1968 as an emergency code here in the United States, the new number to dial OR text in the event of a mental health crisis is 988.