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988 (sometimes written 9-8-8) is a telephone number used in some North American (NANP) countries for a suicide prevention helpline. In the United States, it is known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the number 1-800-273-8255 ). In Canada, it is known as the 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline .
California residents can now reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline with just three digits: 988.
Crisis lines by country. Country. Lines. Algeria. police 17 or 1548 foreigners, [4] ambulance 43, fire 14, gendarmerie 1055. Suicide Hotline Algeria: 0021 3983 2000 58 [5] [6] Argentina. 911 is the national emergency number in Argentina. Buenos Aires City and Province Ambulance 107, Police, 101, Fire Station 100.
Anyone witnessing or experiencing a mental health crisis can call, text or chat the easy-to-remember number, similar to dialing 911 in an emergency.
The U.S. suicide hotline will roll out a new shortcut on July 16, allowing people in distress to simply dial 988 to reach an operator.
California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 by the California State Legislature which allows terminally ill adult residents in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met.
Beginning Saturday, people experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to call or text a three-digit number, 988, to reach the National Suicide Prevention.
Crisis Text Line is a global nonprofit organization providing free and confidential text-based mental health support and crisis intervention by texting HOME to 741741. The organization launched in 2013, and its services are available 24 hours a day throughout the United States, Canada, UK, and Ireland.
The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998. Focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning ( LGBTQ) youth, they offer a toll-free telephone number where confidential assistance is provided by trained counselors.
Suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge. Special telephones on the Golden Gate Bridge link directly to suicide crisis hotlines. Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,400 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.