Luna McNeff Yee understands the need for peer support firsthand: The 18-year-old high school senior is a volunteer and trainer for Teen Line, a national peer support hotline that connects youth with professionally trained and supervised teen counselors. In 2022,...

It’s often a personal story that draws someone into the world of mental health care. “I lost a friend to suicide when I was younger,” said Rebecca Zeitlin, who started at Didi Hirsch as a volunteer in 2007 and is now...

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is hosting 988 Tribal Summits across California to help bring tribes and mental health service providers together for suicide prevention. The summits include engaging panels, speaker presentations, and small group listening sessions all centered...

From 2018 to 2021, 109 Native Americans took their own lives in California. Can the new national hotline help save some lives? This week in Sacramento, Assemblymember James Ramos, a member of the Serrano/Cahuilla tribe who is the first Native American...

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) has seen an increase in contacts since it was rebranded as the easy-to-remember 988 number in July 2022. According to the state’s largest crisis care provider, Didi...

The CDC says the number of teens reporting poor mental health is increasing. Teen Line is a peer-support line where teens listen to other teens who are struggling with their mental health. Senior Director Cheryl Eskin says Teen Line...

Teen suicide is on the rise, making it the second leading cause of death for teens. And last month we told you that here in California and across the nation there is an alarming shortage of mental health care for...

On Friday, Ramos teamed with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services to host the first-ever CA 988 Tribal Summit that brought attention to mental health issues in Indian Country and awareness of the federally mandated 988 crisis number at the Morongo Resort...

The recent mass shootings and more incidents of people killed by police have left many feeling emotional distress — and they can exacerbate existing mental health conditions. But help is available. Why it matters: These events can make anyone feel sad, anxious, or numb. “If you put...

What should someone calling 988 expect? “A caring empathic person who wants to understand what’s going on, what has got you to this point,” said Shari Sinwelski, vice president of Crisis Care at Didi Hirsch. An important point 988...