Study Shows Youth Suicide Rates Declined After 988 National Hotline Implementation
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Summary
A new study found that youth suicide rates in the United States dropped 11% below projections in the two and a half years following the 2022 rollout of the 988 national suicide prevention hotline. The decline was most significant in states that actively embraced and utilized the crisis line, with higher volumes of answered 988 calls correlating with sharper reductions in suicide rates among young adults.
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· 3 pulledSuicides among young adults dropped most sharply in states that actively embraced the 988 crisis line, new research has found.
Over the two and a half years following the 2022 rollout of the 988 national suicide prevention hotline, the rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped 11 percent below projections.
The rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped 11 percent below projections, decreasing most sharply in states with a higher volume of answered 988 calls.
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