BONUS - 988 is the New 911 For Mental Health Crises: A Special Episode from the Tradeoffs Podcast

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medicine, News, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On a special episode, Tradeoffs host Dan Gorenstein talks about 988, a nationwide mental health crisis line launching in July that connects people with emergency help without having to call 911. A content warning that this episode mentions suicide and other mental health emergencies. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). Learn more here: https://tradeoffs.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 5 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
0:13.0	I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former
0:19.1	health commissioner here in Baltimore, Maryland.
0:21.7	Our goal with this podcast is to bring scientific evidence and experience to shed light on critical
0:27.5	health issues. If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health
0:33.0	question at jhhhu.edu. That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:42.3	Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. Today, we are again turning the podcast over to guest host Dan Gorenstein, a longtime health reporter and host of the podcast, tradeoffs. The topic today is 9-88, a new nationwide
0:58.8	mental health crisis line that aims to connect people with emergency help without having to go
1:03.7	through 911. Just a heads up that today's episode does mention suicide and other mental health
1:09.4	emergencies. Let's listen. Hey, it's Dan. Just a warning
1:14.1	that today's episode mentions suicide. Please listen with care. And if you or someone you know is having
1:20.2	thoughts of suicide, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
1:28.7	That's 1-800-273 Talk.
1:36.5	In less than six months, America is getting a new phone number.
1:41.0	It's a hotline for mental health emergencies that anyone anywhere can dial with just
1:45.5	three digits. 988. The goal? Better help for people struggling with suicide, addiction, schizophrenia.
1:54.4	The hurdles are immense. Today, part one of a special series about what's at stake and who will answer the calls
2:02.9	when 988 launches this July.
2:05.6	From the studio at the Leonard Davis Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, I'm
2:09.5	Dan Gorenstein.
2:11.1	This is trade-offs.
2:16.5	Most of us, when we're in a crisis, know who to call.
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