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		WalterSear on July 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline... I've been similarly confused, but I believe that the majority of suicides are impulsive, and driven by distress rather than depression, and those are the people these services are intended to support.

colechristensen on July 16, 2022 [–]

I know people who have been helped and perhaps saved by suicide hotlines.

A phone call isn’t the only tool for help, but it is an important one.

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