Starting Saturday, people experiencing a mental health crisis will no longer have to dial a 10-digit number or 911 for immediate help. The new 988 hotline will be available. HsuTV reports.
A new 988 hotline is being activated, CBS2's Cindy Hsu reported Friday.
"He was really paranoid," Kimball said."He was delusional. He had ripped out all the cabinets in the house." "It was led by behavioral health clinicians who were so calm," Kimball said."No one's worst day should stop them from living their best life."
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