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MORE AMERICANS THAN EVER TURN TO NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE NETWORK HOTLINE (1 800-273-TALK) FOR HELP WITH SUICIDE-RELATED PROBLEMS
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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September 10, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration issued the following press release:
SAMHSA and other mental health groups are using National Suicide Prevention Week to encourage people in crisis and those who are concerned about someone possibly at risk for suicide to use the Lifeline and the many lifesaving services it offers.
Using state of the art technology and a network of 135 crisis centers across the country, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can immediately link a caller seeking help to a trained counselor closest to the caller's geographic location - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Calls to the Lifeline and ...