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Kentuckians facing a risk of suicide, mental health distress or an addiction crisis can now call a new easy-to-remember three-digit mental health crisis hotline, 988, to speak with trained and compassionate counselors, who can help. “Many of our callers just need a non-judgmental...

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Starting Saturday, July 16, the new behavioral-health crisis hotline number will be 988, much like 911 for medical crises and other emergencies. “It’s substance use, mental health, and suicide – so all of the continuum of care,” Beck...