Similar to crisis hotlines, 'warm lines' offer non-emergency mental health support: to prevent crises. Anonymous, free, run by trained 'peers' w/ personal experience of trauma, recovery, & hope. Providing an empathetic ear, deescalation, coping strategies, resources. Orgs vary, <20mins, rarely 3-way crisis orgs much less 911—if ever. Lower stakes=less 1st-timer worry. Most calls are of isolation.
https://www.warmline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2021-National-Warmline-Survey-Summary.pdf

#WarmLines #CrisisHotlines #SuicideHotlines #MentalHealth #EmotionalSupport

Are you a Crisis Volunteer on a hotline, or a chat service?

Have you been one in the past?

There is a group that is trying to look at the ways that crisis volunteering can be improved, such as in areas around transparency, privacy, and support for volunteers.

Please, take this survey and help improve the situation for those in crisis, and those who support them.

https://www.crisiscrowd.org/

Please boost.

#CrisisHotline #CrisisHotlines #CrisisTextLine #988helpline #988hotline #CrisisCare #CrisisVolunteers #Volunteering #VolunteerSupport

Selling data of people in crisis is something the government should outlaw (except the government is also selling data from those visiting its own websites).

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/24/more-suicide-resource-orgs-found-to-be-monetizing-sensitive-user-data/

#dataPrivacy #privacy #crisisHotlines

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 13 - Beware the Robo-Therapist

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/eDHqTpyi7FMouHebiX8bFD