Several celebrities are coming together to bring awareness to mental health and suicide prevention. Didi Hirsch is hosting Alive Together: Uniting to Prevent Suicide this Sunday at Exposition Park. Guests are encouraged to walk 2,160 steps in remembrance of...

Didi Hirsch CEO Jon Goldfinger and actor Sarah Gilman join Cheddar News in support of Didi Hirsch’s social media campaign, which aims to bring awareness to its upcoming event, Alive Together: Uniting to Prevent Suicide. Watch the coverage here:

Newsweek has recognized Didi Hirsch’s Via Avanta as one of 2021’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers in the nation. For more than 30 years, Via Avanta has been a haven for women struggling with substance use, mental illness, domestic violence,...

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is proud to have been voted Best Mental Health Service in The Argonaut’s annual “Best of the Westside” list. Click to see the other “Best of the Westside” winners:

In California, cities, counties and call centers are proceeding with preparations for an influx of new callers – with or without funding in place. The city of Los Angeles started a pilot program in February to divert 9-1-1 calls...

For years, LAPD has dispatched pairs of clinicians and armed officers to respond to some mental health calls, a program in its pilot stage in Minneapolis. Still, leaders at LAPD and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services have spoken for...

In 1968, the first “9-1-1” emergency call was placed in the United States, and since 1999 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has designated 911 as the “universal emergency number” for all telephone services, giving callers easy access to Public Safety Answering...

A pilot program to divert 911 calls from people experiencing suicidal thoughts to certified mental health providers instead of Los Angeles police officers is being expanded into a 24-hour operation. The amended contract, approved by the civilian Police Commission...

Advocates say the 988 line will provide people in crisis with an alternative to dialing 911 and a way to summon mental health responders rather than police. Tying together the two efforts can create a system that provides “people...

Metrolink partnered with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services by displaying its 24-hour crisis hotline number on electronic message boards at train platforms in an effort to provide resources to people who may use the tracks for suicide. “The past...