A community came together over the weekend for an “Alive Together: Uniting to Prevent Suicide” walk. Watch the full story here:

“There’s never any harm in showing that you care about a person,” said Shari Sinwelski, vice president of crisis care at Didi Hirsch, mental health services. And no matter how you ask it, if the answer is “yes,” it’s...

Help for a mental health crisis is now just three digits away: 9-8-8. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, which leads the crisis call response for most of Southern California, said its call volume doubled the day 988 went live....

The nation’s new 988 Suicide Hotline, which launched six weeks ago, is being inundated with calls. The three digit hotline was set up as an alternative to 911 and provides free support to anyone who is in emotional distress....

The new number to call for mental health crises, 988, officially went live about a month ago. The launch of the new, easier-to-remember number has brought with it a spike in calls, and some lawmakers say it’s going to need...

“The launch of 988 is a historic moment for suicide prevention and crisis care in this country,” says Shari Sinwelski, vice president of crisis care for the Los Angeles-based Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, one of the more than 200...

A new suicide prevention hotline went live on Saturday, providing a place to call for anyone dealing with a mental health crisis. The number to the suicide crisis hotline is 9-8-8.  The new three-digit number is easy to remember...

In the future, there will be a number to call for help, much like 911, yet different. It will be like a suicide crisis line, but better. On the other end of the line will be trained and experienced counselors...

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit that helps run the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, announced Thursday that it’s acquiring Teen Line, a youth-led mental health crisis line. Didi Hirsch CEO Lyn Morris told a press conference...

Reaching out to help prevent suicide will be a lot simpler – starting July 16th – when anyone across the country can just dial “988” to receive lifesaving counsel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And Melissa...