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mental-health2 years ago•3 min saved

Support and Resources for Suicide Prevention and Survivor Care

Suicide rates in the US have increased by approximately 36% between 2000 and 2021, with over 48,000 deaths in 2021 alone. Recognizing warning signs such as talking about wanting to die, feeling hopeless, or acting recklessly is crucial. Crisis Text Line, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the Veterans Crisis Line, The Trevor Project, and Boys Town offer free and confidential support through text, chat, or phone calls. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides resources and hosts events to raise awareness. International support is available through the International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide. Supporting non-profit organizations that provide counseling and prevention services is also important.

via CNN|

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health2 years ago•1 min saved

Google introduces pre-written crisis texts for mental health support.

Google will display prewritten text messages when users search for suicide-related terms to help people start a difficult conversation during a mental health crisis. The prompts were created in partnership with the International Association for Suicide Prevention and will appear beneath the information for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The feature will encourage users to “connect with people you trust,” with each prompt featuring a “send a text” button that opens and pastes the prompt into a user’s text messaging app.

via The Verge|

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technology2 years ago•11 min saved

The Dark Side of Online Therapy Apps

Online therapy apps, including BetterHelp, Talkspace, and Cerebral, have been caught engaging in creepy and harmful data-sharing practices that treat people in need of help as prospective sources of profit instead of as patients. The mushrooming tech-based mental-health industry has a dark side, with reports revealing a dangerous cocktail of tech solutionism, abuse of consumer trust, and regulatory failure that puts highly vulnerable people at risk. Despite being touted as the fix for the broken healthcare system, the industry's "move fast and break things" mindset is pushing them to chase growth and replicate the worst excesses of their Silicon Valley predecessors.

via Business Insider|

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