Answering the call: 988 : a new vision for crisis response
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Uniform Title(s):
- Answering the call (Bipartisan Policy Center)
- Contributor(s):
- Bipartisan Policy Center, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Bipartisan Policy Center, June 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Crisis Intervention -- organization & administration Hotlines United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The introduction of 988 in July 2022 represents an unprecedented opportunity to ensure that the growing number of Americans needing mental health services receive the care they require. It also provides an opportunity to ensure that the nation’s existing emergency response infrastructure is ready to help direct individuals to the proper care. Rates of mental illness and suicide in the United States are high and rising and are particularly pronounced among young adults and residents in rural areas. With appropriate coordination, training, and financial support--including utilizing existing resources--the nation’s emergency infrastructure can better help more Americans needing behavioral health crisis care. This is especially true for those individuals who are in a suicidal crisis. The new number to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 988, will provide an alternate access point into care and help keep individuals in crisis from needlessly cycling through emergency departments (EDs) and the criminal justice system. Congress recently made historic levels of investment in behavioral health care and 988, including a $77 million increase for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget also proposed investing in behavioral health services, including funding to implement 988 and build out the U.S. crisis system. As such, the recommendations in this report focus on enhancing federal support for the effective and equitable buildout of 988 alongside existing crisis response infrastructure while primarily utilizing existing resources. This report provides insights into three areas essential to the implementation of 988 and the broader crisis response continuum: interagency collaboration, the behavioral health workforce, and financing.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (64 pages)) : illustrations
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918557285906676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918557285906676