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Tag: suicide hotline

Black woman addresses an audience with suicide prevention resources behind her and on a card in her hand
Posted inMental Health

Suicide prevention training urges people to “ask a question, save a life”

by Taylor Knopf October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

Content warning: This article contains many references to suicide. Please take care when reading. If you need mental health support, call or text the national suicide and crisis lifeline — 988 — or check out our mental health resource page.  By Taylor Knopf Twenty-seven years ago on Valentine’s Day, Fonda Bryant had decided to kill […]

Posted inMental Health

Social media posts criticize the 988 suicide hotline for calling the police. Here’s what you need to know.

by KFF Health News August 12, 2022August 11, 2022
shows the hands of a white man who's holding a phone with the number 988 - the new mental health hotline number - dialed on it
Posted inEspañol

Activan línea directa de salud mental “988” en Carolina del Norte 

by Taylor Knopf July 20, 2022July 20, 2022
shows the hands of a white man who's holding a phone with the number 988 - the new mental health hotline number - dialed on it
Posted inMental Health

988 mental health hotline goes live and North Carolina is ready, officials say

by Taylor Knopf July 18, 2022July 17, 2022
Posted inMental Health

NC on track to roll out 9-8-8 mental health crisis hotline

by Taylor Knopf March 3, 2022March 2, 2022
Man talks with two women in a legislative room.
Posted inState Health Policy

State health leaders discuss COVID exit strategy, mental health need

by Anne Blythe and Elizabeth Thompson February 16, 2022August 31, 2022

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