The national hotline for mental health crises changes its number to just three digits, 988, beginning Saturday, in an effort to make the system more...
Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies is now available by dialing 988.The national hotline for mental health crises changes its number to just three digits, 988, beginning Saturday, in an effort to make the system more accessible.988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Mental health professionals across North Texas are celebrating the move, calling it an important step in the right direction for Texans in need of immediate mental health care. Texas’ five Lifeline centers — one in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and El Paso — handled only 59,800 of the more than 148,000 calls generated from Texas in 2021, according to National Alliance on Mental Illness of Texas data.
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