They have minutes to save a life — 988 is a year old and busy
The rapper Logic, who grew up in Maryland, tried to reach kids with a hit 2017 song repeating that hotline number — “1-800-273-8255” — and proved that speaking directly to teens works.
by Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, an associate professor and head of the unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion at the Medical University of Vienna.Teens returned to the call lines again this year, after the simpler, more memorable 988 opened up, accessible through text and chat.Compare May 2023 to May 2022. Calls increased by 45 percent, chats by 52 percent and — get this — texts increased by 938 percent,That may seem weird to old school folks.
said they rarely call police, and only if someone is in immediate danger — anonymity is key and the counselors instead try to steer the callers to help. Whether by text or phone, the crash unit counselors of 988 have one goal as soon as they answer a call — safety.
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