Ep. 647 - You can now call 988 for mental health emergencies instead of 911
The Breakdown with Shaun King
The North Star
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
I am a HUGE fan of the brand new phone number, 988. Save it in your phone as "LIFELINE" or whatever else will help you know what it is.
You can call or text them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, if you or a loved one is having a mental health emergency. They have 200 crisis centers across the country staffed and ready to support you the best they can.
My hope and prayer is that all of us will use this number as we need it. Our tax dollars are helping to pay for it. And we've seen way too often that when we call 911 for mental health emergencies police show up and get violent.
Make 988 the new default number you call or text in a mental health crisis, OK?
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| 0:00.0 | Looking for keys. |
| 0:02.5 | Looking for keys. |
| 0:05.0 | Looking for keys. |
| 0:09.9 | Everyone's tired of looking for keys. |
| 0:14.8 | So the all new Honda HRV Hybrid can be unlocked |
| 0:19.4 | and turned on |
| 0:22.4 | with your phone. |
| 0:25.6 | Where we'll listen to take us next. |
| 0:27.6 | Honda, the power of dreams. |
| 0:30.6 | Have you heard of the new phone number 988? |
| 0:35.6 | You can call it or text it any day, 24 hours a day. |
| 0:41.4 | If you or a loved one is having a mental health emergency, |
| 0:47.1 | particularly if anybody is contemplating suicide or is in distress, |
| 0:52.1 | you can call that number instead of 911. |
| 0:57.9 | I want to talk to you about 988. |
| 1:00.4 | Why I think it's so important. |
| 1:03.6 | And why all of us need to consider this number, |
| 1:06.6 | put it in your phone, save it, share it. |
| 1:09.9 | We need to consider this number when anybody in our lives, |
| 1:14.0 | including ourselves, are having a mental health emergency. |
| 1:18.1 | Love and appreciate you all. |
| 1:19.2 | Let's talk about it. We'll be brief today. |
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