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Nationwide Behavioral Health Crisis Line Sees Post-Pandemic Rise in Calls

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Nationwide Behavioral Health Crisis Line Sees Post-Pandemic Rise in Calls
A professional call-taker at Solari Crisis and Human Services in Phoenix, Ariz., gets ready to take a call on April 13, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
4/24/2023|Updated: 4/24/2023
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PHOENIX, Ariz.—For those feeling trapped and alone in the middle of a behavioral health crisis, suicide can seem like a solution.

There are times when call takers at Solari Crisis and Human Services in Tempe, Arizona, will have people on the phone literally on the precipice.

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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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