Citation

Croton B, Brocius C, Weyland S, Rother J, Lutsyshyna L, Leets M, Adair ES, Rikeman K, Moser E. Lancet Psychiatry 2020; 7(9): 736-737.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30318-7

PMID

32828157 PMCID

Abstract

Holmes and colleagues have summarised psychological and social effects of COVID-19. The health-care system response needed to address these effects, up to and including suicide risk, provides an opportunity to align direct services (eg, crisis lines), individual providers, and universal population interventions to protect and promote mental health. Therefore, it is useful to consider how alignment might look in practice. Effective youth suicide prevention requires collective action and values at all levels. YouthLine, based in Portland, OR, USA, is one of the few teen support and crisis lines in the USA that uses youth volunteers...

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