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Reimagining Our Crisis Response System with 988
To truly ensure people in crisis receive the help they need, we must develop an entire 988 crisis response system.
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How Advocates Can Push for a Crises Standard of Care
People who experience a mental health crisis deserve a mental health response, not a criminal justice response. -
Behavioral Health Call Centers and 988 Implementation
The purpose of the survey was to help states learn from each other on how they are working to implement 988 within the context of existing and emerging behavioral health crisis continuum. This report summarizes the results of the survey completed either partially or completely by 43 states -
Black Mental Health and the Importance of 988 Legislation
"The intersectionality of racism, mental health, law enforcement, homelessness and often self-medication via illicit drug use has decimated the Black community." -
Criminal Justice Reform Means Reforming the Mental Health System
Robust crisis-response systems include services such as 24/7 crisis hotlines, crisis respite centers, mobile outreach and mobile crisis units. -
By July 2022, 9–8–8 will be the Nationwide Mental Health Crisis and Suicide Prevention Number
The law enables states to enact fees similar to those in place for 9-1-1 that will support the need for expanded services at the local level to receive and respond to crisis calls. -
FCC Designates 988 as a Nationwide Mental Health Crisis and Suicide Prevention Number
Today, NAMI thanks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for formally designating 988 as a nationwide 3-digit number for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services. -
FCC Report on the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
This report recommends that a 3-digital dialing code be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system -
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is Not a Joke
"A lot of people claim that they are 'OCD' about things. However, nobody can be OCD about something. I would like people to realize that there is so much more to OCD than just a few compulsions: It is a serious disorder that greatly impacts the lives of those affected." -
Why Does She Get to Wear A Hat?
Learn about Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB) through a young women's experience with Trichotillomania and how she overcame her fear of being open about it.