August 15, 2025 | 11:12 AM
Pa. steps in to provide LGBTQ+ crisis care after federal funding ends
Gov. Josh Shapiro directed a state agency to offer training to call center operators.
tag | suicide prevention
August 25, 2023 | 5:41 PM
Pa. legislators work to add suicide awareness information to state parks and forests
Since 2010, 164 suicides have occurred at state parks and forests, according to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
November 10, 2022 | 8:54 PM
Why are men more likely to die by suicide and what are some resources to help?
September 21, 2022 | 3:26 PM
Preventing suicide
“Silence and trauma are absolutely the deadliest combination you possibly could have”
September 7, 2022 | 10:28 AM
Twin Cities PBS’ “Facing Suicide” Offers Information, Resources and Hope
If you are thinking about suicide or you know someone in emotional crisis, call or text 988 any time for confidential, free, crisis support.
August 26, 2022 | 5:24 AM
At 988 call centers, crisis counselors offer empathy — and juggle limited resources
The new 988 system launched in mid-July, and one early estimate says calls went up 45% nationally during the first week.
August 8, 2022 | 9:59 AM
One in 12 Pa. high schoolers attempted suicide last year; advocates want more counselors, social workers
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.
