Some calls to VA suicide hotline go to voicemail
Ironically, the call center was the subject of an Oscar-winning 2013 film, "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1."
Ironically, the call center was the subject of an Oscar-winning 2013 film, "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1."
Suicide rates in San Francisco are down by more than half ever since Bernard Mayes created the first suicide hotline in the city. “Thinking of ending it all? Call Bruce, PR1-0450, San Francisco Suicide Prevention.” That’s what the advertisement read, displayed on city buses in 1961 (Bruce being his pseudonym). According to close friend Matthew A. […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.