Suicides Among Young People Dropped After Creation of National Hotline: Study

‘The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline appears to be working,’ one of the researchers said.

The seal of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on a glass surface.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Suicides among young people went down after a national hotline was launched in 2022, researchers said in a new paper.

Some 35,529 suicides took place among people aged 15 to 34 from July 2022 through December 2024, researchers based at institutions in Massachusetts said in the study.