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 |
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|---|---|---|
| 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 Resources
This section includes links to crisis lines training resources.
Return to Resource Options
Videos
This section includes video resources supporting the application of DBT skills.
- 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
Webinars
This section includes links to webinars that are recommend regarding crisis lines.
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Coordinating Across All Levels of the Continuum on Mental Health Care: The Role of the VCL with Each of You Articles
This section includes links to articles about crisis lines for suicide prevention.
- (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
Podcasts
This section includes links to podcast episodes about crisis lines.
- Short Takes on Suicide Prevention
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Veterans Crisis Line: History, Purpose, and a Look Ahead - Lifeline: The 988 Podcast
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