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Calls increased by 45 percent after suicide hotline number switch
Calls to the national suicide hotline increased by 45 percent during the week after it switched to 988 from a longer number. The hotline received approximately 30,000 more calls, texts and chats the week it transitioned to 988 than it had the week before, the line’s Director of Marketing and Communications Hannah Collins told The Hill. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline moved to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline last Saturday. From July 14 through Wednesday, called “transition week” by the 988 Lifeline, the hotline received over 96,000 communications, including calls and texts. That number surged from the 66,000 the line had received the week before. The 96,000 figure i

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