EDITOR'S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Nearly ...
Suicide rates among teens and young adults declined in the two years after the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. We have some good news this morning about the mental health of young ...
Since July 2022, people in the U.S. struggling with thoughts of suicide have been able to receive help by calling or texting the simple number “988.” Now an analysis of suicide mortality across the ...
(AP) – Nearly 4,400 fewer US teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline, a sign the program is working even as it ...
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Suicides among young adults dropped most sharply in states that actively embraced the 988 crisis line, new research has found. By Ellen Barry Over the two and a half years following the 2022 rollout ...
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