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Recommendation 24: Crisis Lines

Risk Management and Treatment » Community-Based Interventions
24: Crisis Lines

There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against crisis lines to reduce suicidal ideation or the risk of suicide attempts or suicide.

Strength:

Neither for nor against

Category:

ReviewedNew-added

Grades and Definitions

Strong for
or "We recommend offering this option …"
Weak for
or "We suggest offering this option …"
No recommendation
or "There is insufficient evidence …"
Weak against
or "We suggest not offering this option …"
Strong against
or "We recommend against offering this option …"

Categories and Definitions

Evidence Reviewed* Recommendation Category* Definition*
Reviewed New-added New recommendation following review of the evidence
New-replaced Recommendation from previous CPG that has been carried over to the updated CPG that has been changed following review of the evidence
Not changed Recommendation from previous CPG that has been carried forward to the updated CPG where the evidence has been reviewed but the recommendation is not changed
Amended Recommendation from the previous CPG that has been carried forward to the updated CPG where the evidence has been reviewed and a minor amendment has been made
Deleted Recommendation from the previous CPG that has been removed based on review of the evidence
Not reviewed Not changed Recommendation from previous CPG that has been carried forward to the updated CPG, but for which the evidence has not been reviewed
Amended Recommendation from the previous CPG that has been carried forward to the updated CPG where the evidence has not been reviewed and a minor amendment has been made
Deleted Recommendation from the previous CPG that has been removed because it was deemed out of scope for the updated CPG
*Adapted from the NICE guideline manual (2012): The guidelines manual. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;2012. and Martinez Garcia L, McFarlane E, Barnes S, Sanabria AJ, Alonso-Coello P, Alderson P. Updated recommendations: An assessment of NICE clinical guidelines. Implement Sci. 2014;9:72.

Recommendation Resources

Crisis lines represent phone numbers people can call to get immediate emergency crisis counseling that is free, confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Training and Clinical Resources

This section includes recommended links to crisis lines training resources.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988 lifeline preview
Veterans Crisis Line
Veterans Crisis Line logo
Military Crisis Line
Military Crisis Line preview
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Videos

This section includes links to recommended videos about crisis lines.

The Promise of 988: Our Crisis Center Network
988 Automated Call Demonstration
You Are Not Alone- Veterans Crisis Line
Reasons - Veterans Crisis Line
Veterans Crisis Line —Behind the Scenes
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Webinars

This section includes links to recommeded webinars about crisis lines.

MIRECC SRM Lecture Series
SRM Lecture IconCoordinating Across All Levels of the Continuum on Mental Health Care: The Role of the VCL with Each of You Presented by Dr. Lisa Kearney
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Podcasts

This section includes links to recommeded podcast episodes about crisis lines.

Short Takes on Suicide Prevention
Short Takes on Suicide Prevention logoVeterans Crisis Line: History, Purpose, and a Look Ahead
Lifeline: The 988 Podcast
Lifeline podcast logoLearn all about 988, the new national suicide and crisis lifeline launched by the U.S. government in July 2022, in this nine-part limited series podcast.
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Articles

This section includes links to recommended articles about crisis lines.

Articles about crisis lines for suicide prevention
Gould, M. S., Cross, W., Pisani, A. R., Munfakh, J. L., & Kleinman, M. (2013). Impact of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 43(6). 676–691. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12049
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