If you are in crisis or need support, reach out to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline via phone or text at 988. Answering calls from… Read more
Category: suicide awareness
Crisis Services in the Field: Meeting a Need Where It Exists
This feature includes references to and accounts of difficult situations related to mental health, including suicide and abuse. If you are in crisis or need… Read more
When Hope Is Hard to Come By
This feature includes references to and accounts of difficult situations related to mental health, including suicide and abuse. If you are in crisis or need… Read more
New Mental Health Crisis Hotline Launches; Local UPMC Crisis Facility Here to Help
A new three-digit number suicide prevention lifeline launched nationally on July 16. The phone number 9-8-8 is now in place to address suicidal, mental health,… Read more
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Aims to Open the Conversation and Take the Shame Out of Suicidality
Suicide rates are on the rise and it’s the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, but science tells us that talking openly… Read more