Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline

Suicides among young adults dropped most sharply in states that actively embraced the 988 crisis line, new research has found ...

Suicide rates have declined since the launch of 988 suicide hotline, study finds

Suicide rates among teens and young adults declined in the two years after the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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988 suicide hotline is getting more calls than ever. Many states have no clear plan to fund it

Since its launch in 2022, the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has responded to nearly 13 million calls. But many states have been slow to spend their own dollars on the program. Editor’s note: ...
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Increased calls to 988 hotline associated with a drop in suicides among young people, study finds

This story is republished from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. Sign up for STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter here. After the United States launched 988, a ...

Suicide among young Americans declines in first years of 988 hotline

(Corrects headquarters of Crisis Text Line to New York, in paragraph 15) By Steve Gorman April 22 (Reuters) - Thousands fewer ...
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Increased calls to 988 hotline associated with a drop in suicides among young people, study finds

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