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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/callers-keep-flooding-988-mental-health-suicide-helpline/"></div>HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — When Jamieson Brill answers a crisis call from a Spanish speaker on the newly launched national 988 mental health helpline, he rarely mentions the word suicide, or “suicidio” Brill, whose family hails from Puerto Rico, knows that just discussing the term in some Spanish-speaking cultures is so frowned upon that many […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --&g...

Calls show no signs of slowing into this year, with counselors answering 3,869 calls on New Year's Eve and the first day of 2023.

The 988 mental health helpline launched last summer, with its easy-to-remember number, has resulted in more people seeking and finding help. Now the program is expanding lines and services for callers from different cultures and LGBTQ youth.

In November, Washington became the first state to launch a mental health crisis line dedicated to American Indian and Alaska Native people.

When Jamieson Brill answers a crisis call from a Spanish speaker on the newly launched national 988 mental health helpline, he rarely mentions the word