Nationwide Behavioral Health Crisis Line Sees Post-Pandemic Rise in Calls

In crisis? The number to call is now 988

A professional call-taker at Solari Crisis and Human Services in Phoenix, Ariz., gets ready to take a call on April 13, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

PHOENIX, Ariz.—For those feeling trapped and alone in the middle of a behavioral health crisis, suicide can seem like a solution.

There are times when call takers at Solari Crisis and Human Services in Tempe, Arizona, will have people on the phone literally on the precipice.