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A crisis hotline is a phone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling,usually by trained volunteers. The first such service was founded in England in 1951 and such hotlines have existed in most major cities of the English speaking world at least since the mid-1970s. Initially set up to help those contemplating suicide,many have expanded their mandate to deal more generally with emotional crises. Similar hotlines operate to help people in other circumstances,including rape,bullying,self-harm,runaway children,human trafficking,and people who identify as LGBT or intersex. Despite crisis hotlines being common,their effectiveness in reducing suicides is not clear.
Ten-digit dialing is a telephone dialing procedure in the countries and territories that are members of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It is the practice of including the area code of a telephone number when dialing to initiate a telephone call. When necessary,the ten-digit number may be prefixed with the trunk code 1,which is referred to as 1+10-digit dialing or national format.
Area codes 804 and 686 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the east-central portion of Virginia. The numbering plan area is anchored by Virginia's capital,Richmond,and includes most of its metropolitan area. Other communities included are Chesterfield,Henrico,Hopewell,Mechanicsville,Powhatan,Midlothian,Petersburg,and Colonial Heights. This also includes the Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula. The two southernmost counties on the Middle Peninsula,Gloucester and Mathews,are part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area,but use 804 and 686 instead of the area codes 757 and 948 used by the rest of Hampton Roads.
Area codes 608 and 353 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan for much of southwestern Wisconsin,including the state capital city Madison. Area code 608 was assigned in 1955 to a numbering plan area created from areas with area code 414 and area code 715,and was the third area code created in Wisconsin. Rapid growth of the area,specifically in Dane County,brought the area code close to exhaustion of central office prefixes,with NANPA projections in 2022 projecting the need for relief by late 2023. In September 2022,the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) announced an overlay complex for the numbering plan area with new area code 353,with an in-service date of September 15,2023. New central office code orders were accepted starting on July 11,2023,but activatlon is contingent on complete exhaustion of central office codes for 608.
Area code 928 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the U.S. state of Arizona. The numbering plan area comprises the northern,eastern,and western portions of the state. It includes Beaver Dam,the Grand Canyon,Flagstaff,Holbrook,Lake Havasu City,Littlefield,Kingman,Prescott,Sedona,Wickenburg,Winslow and Yuma,and also serves most of Greenlee County,some areas on the western and northern fringes of the Phoenix metropolitan area,such as Lake Pleasant Regional Park in Peoria,and the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation.
Suicide is a crime in some parts of the world. However,while suicide has been decriminalized in many countries,the act is almost universally stigmatized and discouraged. In some contexts,suicide could be utilized as an extreme expression of liberty,as is exemplified by its usage as an expression of devout dissent towards perceived tyranny or injustice which occurred occasionally in cultures such as ancient Rome,medieval Japan,or today's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Area code 302 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Delaware. It is Delaware's only area code,and was assigned in 1947 as one of the original North American area codes.
Area code 906 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Area code 603 is the sole area code for the U.S. state of New Hampshire in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It was created as one of the original 86 numbering plan areas in October 1947.
Mobile Crisis,or Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT),are an emergency mental health service in the United States and Canada,typically operated by hospital or community mental health agency. They serve the community by providing emergency services to people in crisis,such as mental health evaluations,de-escalation,and/or pointers to local services (including potentially a ride). Evaluations are requested by hospital emergency rooms,ICUs,CCUs,jails,nursing homes,police,or EMS. These services are often available on a 24-hour basis. As of 2023,in parts of the USA and Canada teams can be called via the new suicide &crisis hotline 988 and some other crisis hotlines.
Area code 662 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northern half of the U.S. state of Mississippi,including the six counties that are part of the Memphis metro area. It also includes the cities that are home to the state's two largest universities,Oxford and Starkville.
Area code 620 covers telephone exchanges in most of southern Kansas. It was created as the result of a split from 316 on February 3,2001. The area code stretches across the southern half of the state,from the Colorado border in the west to the Missouri border in the east. It completely surrounds 316,which now only serves Wichita and its inner suburbs,making it one of the six pairs of "doughnut area codes" in the numbering plan. Permissive dialing of 316 across southern Kansas continued until November 3,2001.
Area code 970 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of the western and northern parts of the U.S. state of Colorado. The numbering plan area includes Aspen,Breckenridge,Durango,Estes Park,Fort Collins,Glenwood Springs,Grand Junction,Greeley,Loveland,Silverthorne,Steamboat Springs,and Vail. It was established on April 2,1995 in an area code split of area code 303,which was retained by the Denver area.
Area codes 618 and 730 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for southern Illinois. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises one hundred and twenty-six municipalities,such as Carbondale,Cairo,Belleville,East St. Louis,Edwardsville,Marion,O'Fallon,Alton,Mt. Vernon,Centralia,Herrin,Salem,Metropolis,Fairview Heights,Collinsville,and Granite City. Area code 618 was one of the original North American area codes created in 1947,and 730 was added to the plan area to form an overlay complex to satisfy the need for more telephone numbers in the region. The current population of the 618/730 area code is 1,288,816 people. It encompasses approximately 15,458 square mile;and has a population density of 83.38 people per square mile.
Area code 417 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southwestern quadrant of Missouri,including the cities of Branson,Carl Junction,Carthage,Joplin,Lebanon,Neosho,Nixa,Ozark,Springfield,and West Plains. Area code 417 was created in 1951 as a split from area code 816.
Area code 731 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the western part of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Area code 575 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of New Mexico. The area code was created in 2007 in an area code split of area code 505,whose service area was reduced to the Albuquerque,Santa Fe,Farmington,and Gallup regions to provide more telephone numbers to the most populated parts of the state. Area code 575 serves the rest of the state.
988 is a telephone number used in some North American (NANP) countries for a suicide prevention helpline. In the United States,it is known as the 988 Suicide &Crisis Lifeline. In Canada,it is known as the 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline.
Todd Doherty is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district Cariboo—Prince George during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
The Veterans Crisis Line is a United States-based crisis hotline for military veterans,service members,their families,and caregivers. The service is available 24/7 via the toll-free hotline number 988. Callers press 1 on their keypad to connect to the Veterans Crisis Line instead of the 988 Suicide &Crisis Lifeline,which shares the same number. It can also be reached by texting the SMS number 838255 or via online chat on the hotline's website.
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- ↑ "Rep. Sheila Lyman: 988 suicide hotline bill close to becoming reality". Lewiston Sun Journal. 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
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