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Nearly 90 percent of study participants said they did not want to interact with emergency services, including police — and 80 percent said they didn’t want to be hospitalized.

Emergency interventions, lack of consent raised as issues with 988 in national study

Abigail Ruhman

Nearly 90 percent of study participants said they did not want to interact with emergency services, including police — and 80 percent said they didn’t want to be hospitalized.

Indiana launched its 988 suicide and crisis lifeline in 2022.

988 mental health crisis hotline expands in second year, even as more awareness needed

Brandon Smith

Indiana launched its 988 suicide and crisis lifeline in 2022.

Local artist Adrienne Luther Johnson said talking about 988 in a colorful and playful way, through art, is an important part of destigmatizing asking for help. “I feel like as a millennial, I feel like we were raised through this evolution of the erasure of the stigma with suicide talk, like any sort of mental health discussion," she said.

Suicide and crisis prevention line 988 adds American Sign Language for Deaf people

Rebecca Smith, Anna Spidel

The Department of Health and Human Services announced the launch of the ASL service earlier this month.

988 crisis line means Hoosiers can talk to Hoosiers about mental health

Ethan Sandweiss

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration hopes 90 percent of calls will be answered in state by the end of 2023.