TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Enhancing Mental Health Care for Suicidal Individuals and Other People in Crisis
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Gould, Madelyn S.
A1  - Munfakh, Jimmie L. H.
A1  - Kleinman, Marjorie
A1  - Lake, Alison M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Linking at-risk callers to ongoing mental health care is a key goal of crisis hotline interventions that has not often been addressed in evaluations of hotlines' effectiveness. We conducted telephone interviews with 376 suicidal and 278 nonsuicidal crisis callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) to assess rates of mental health care utilization following Lifeline calls and to assess attitudinal and structural barriers to service utilization. Postcall utilization rates were approximately 50% for suicidal and crisis callers who received mental health care referrals. Lack of health insurance and callers' perceptions about mental health problems emerged as significant barriers to accessing continued help.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.0068.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -