A shorter number is less effort to remember and to call, which will make it easier for those in distress to get the help they need.
between the years of 2003 and 2004 by the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University found that those who contacted a suicide hotline had significant decreases in suicidal thoughts during the course of their telephone session.
Their feelings of hopelessness and psychological pain in the following weeks also decreased.This new proposal will require all carriers to implement the number 988 as a national suicide prevention hotline within 18 months. The three-digit number won't be available for texting conversations, butIf you are thinking about suicide, please call the
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