Crisis Text Line is a resource for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. While traditional phone hotlines are still there, asking for help is now as easy as opening an app. This could be a great way to expand access to help and could protect the “middle aged white people” who were found, in a recent study, to be at a greater risk of self-inflicted mortality in recent years.
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/hotlines-embrace-mobile-messaging-to-expand-access-102215
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/more-white-people-are-dying-at-middle-age-110215
