A new free mental health hotline fielded tens of thousands of calls from Oklahomans during its first year.
The national 988 hotline launched in Oklahoma in July 2022, and operators have answered 50,000 calls for help, reports from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services show.
The hotline is a federally funded program designed to connect a caller with mental health treatment options. Operators can also dispatch a mobile crisis team of professionals to respond.
“We can save the lives of hundreds of Oklahomans if we reach people proactively and when they are in crisi...
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