Canada must make good on a long\u002Dstanding promise to implement a centralized mental health crisis line that bypasses police and connects those in need with…
The new 988 mental health hotline American authorities launched on Saturday will, once fully operational, offer residents struggling with suicidal thoughts an easy-to-remember number that will connect them with trained mental health counsellors rather than law enforcement personnel.
“We need to adopt best practices from other countries and go beyond that to do much better than what we’re doing,” she said in a telephone interview on Sunday. “Let’s hope it doesn’t take years to adopt 988 in Canada.” “There are huge mental health needs in our communities and that’s only grown over the last number of years,” she said.Article content
A Health Canada spokesperson said the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is evaluating how this number could be introduced and the department expects a decision from the agency later this year.
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