Next year, Americans will start hearing a great deal about 988, a new alternative to 911 for “Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors.” Its purpose: ...

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents, yet many teens do not receive timely mental health care. A major reason is that young people often avoid in-person mental health ...

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Community Mental Health of Ottawa County now provides free, confidential mental health support around the clock for residents ...

Los Angeles officials — eager to ease the city’s reliance on police officers for handling nonviolent mental health emergencies — have launched a new pilot program that sends unarmed civilians with ...

Philadelphia police officers Kenneth Harper and Jennifer Torres were in their patrol car, sitting at a red light, when a call came in over the 911 radio dispatch. "This job says 'female complaint in ...

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has a new kind of first responder.

The World Bank Group is rolling out an expanded Crisis Preparedness and Response Toolkit to help developing countries better respond to crises and build resilience against future shocks. The expanded ...

A new report from Seattle’s Inspector General finds the city’s police contract restricts unarmed crisis responders from ...

Minneapolis diverted thousands of 911 mental health calls from police. Now the $25 million question is who's watching the money.