{"id":1557099,"date":"2022-07-15T21:49:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T01:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557099"},"modified":"2022-07-15T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T01:50:10","slug":"new-natl-suicide-prevention-lifeline-starting-july-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-natl-suicide-prevention-lifeline-starting-july-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nat\u2019l Suicide Prevention Lifeline starting July 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-natl-suicide-prevention-lifeline-starting-july-16th%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2726867\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2726867\" class=\"wp-image-2726867 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919.jpg\" alt=\"In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States\u2019 first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (AP Photo\/Jenny Kane, File)\" width=\"2469\" height=\"1764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919.jpg 2469w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919-294x210-1.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919-612x437-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919-768x549-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919-1536x1097-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22194733810919-2048x1463-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2726867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8. (AP Photo\/Jenny Kane, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 6:12 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 15, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>A new suicide prevention lifeline is launching nationwide. Starting Saturday, the code 988 will be available for call or text as the Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline. The line will remain open around the clock and anyone who wants to talk about their struggles can speak to a trained counselor.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur goal is to make 988 like 911,\u201d Secretary Xavier Becerra said. \u201cIf you are willing to turn to someone in your moment of crisis, someone will be there. 988 won\u2019t be a busy signal. 988 will get you help. That is the goal.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 988 Suicide and Crisis Line launches tomorrow. Suicide is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 10 to 34. With this new, around the clock crisis line, countless lives will be saved. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/988Lifeline?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#988Lifeline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0mACjhQTfH\">pic.twitter.com\/0mACjhQTfH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Alma Adams (@RepAdams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAdams\/status\/1548037821977411585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">At the same time, advocates hope the renewed focus on emergency assistance and the spending that has accompanied it will prompt expansion of other mental health services that are in desperately short supply in many communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\"><strong>\u201cI look at 988 as a starting place where we can really re-imagine mental health care,\u201d said Hannah Wesolowski, chief advocacy officer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. \u201cWe\u2019re really looking at a fundamental tide shift in how we respond to people in mental health crisis.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number of suicides in the United States rose steadily from 29,350 in 2000 to 48,344 in 2018 before declining to 45,979 in 2020, according to the National Center on Health Statistics.\u00a0In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and other factors, government and health officials agree that the country is in the grip of a mental health crisis, especially\u00a0among younger people\u00a0with sharply rising rates of depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>The lifeline has been in operation under a ten digit number since 2005 and has reportedly taken over 20 million calls since. Officials predict those numbers are going to increase with the transition to a three digit number.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/house-passes-839b-defense-policy-bill\/\">House Passes $839B Defense Policy Bill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8. (AP Photo\/Jenny Kane, File) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 6:12 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 15, 2022 A new suicide prevention lifeline is launching nationwide. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}