WASHINGTON, July 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon’s landline customers can now call the “988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline” using the new 988 abbreviated dialing code. Wireless customers ...

If you or someone you know is in need of mental health resources and support, please call, text or chat the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visit 988lifeline.org for 24/7 access to free and ...

Despite a significant increase in calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the number of community crisis facilities nationwide has decreased since its launch. Wisconsin and other states have ...

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted Thursday to approve new rules requiring all wireless carriers to implement georouting for calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in a move ...

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to require that all calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline be routed by wireless carriers to local call centers. Cellphone carriers will be ...

July 13 (UPI) --Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has added a new Spanish-language text and chat service to the ...

For Amanda Wood, the first counselor hired to service the new 988 mental health hotline at the Crisis Support Services of Alameda County, one story sticks out. She was working an overnight shift when ...

If you or someone you know has suicidal thoughts, addictive tendencies, stress and other mental health issues, you can call or text 988, Oklahoma's Mental Health Hotline, or call 911. It's a common ...

The number of Washington residents calling the state’s 988 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline has climbed in the past year and is expected to keep rising, prompting Gov. Jay Inslee to ...

Around 7,000 to 8,600 Washington residents a month have called the 988 suicide hotline in the past year, according to a November report from the state Department of Health and the Health Care ...