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How A Proposed 3-Digit Suicide Hotline Could Help Prevention Efforts

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Published September 13, 2019 at 10:39 AM CDT

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Rhitu Chatterjee

Rhitu Chatterjee is a health correspondent with NPR, with a focus on mental health.

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