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Since 2010, 164 suicides have occurred at state parks and forests, according to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Federal data shows that the Lifeline responded to 154,585 more contacts – including calls, text messages and chats – in November 2022 than the same month the year before.

“Silence and trauma are absolutely the deadliest combination you possibly could have”

Lifeline saw a 45% increase in overall volume of calls, texts and chats compared to August 2021.

If you are thinking about suicide or you know someone in emotional crisis, call or text 988 any time for confidential, free, crisis support.

The new 988 system launched in mid-July, and one early estimate says calls went up 45% nationally during the first week.

Across the country, children are in the midst of what the U.S. Surgeon General has called a youth “mental health pandemic,” with an unprecedented number of children struggling with anxiety and depression.