A new poll from High Point University finds that less than one in four North Carolina residents are aware of the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline.
Calling or texting 988 is a way for people in crisis to get personal and confidential support. But three years after it launched, a poll from HPU’s Survey Research Center finds that nearly 70 percent of respondents said they hadn’t heard of the service.
Sonyia Richardson, a suicide prevention researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says she’s concerned that the awareness is so low…