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these are actually true and there are several articles detailing people’s experiences with these. NSPL contracts with local centers and uses geolocation. While they claim it only happens in 2% of calls where they send police, there is evidence to support that it happens much more often and in unwarranted situations.
Here are some links to articles explaining this: https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/11/suicide-hotlines-trace-your-call/
https://slate.com/technology/2022/04/crisis-lifelines-surveillance-geolocation-algorithms.html
I think there’s a 2017 NYT article out there that addresses this as well, though I’m sure the information is dated.
Here are resources that do not use police intervention or engage in nonconsensual active rescue:
https://www.imalive.org/ https://hotline.rainn.org/online Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/ Western Mass RLC - 7pm to 9pm Monday through Thursday, 7pm-10pm Friday through Sunday, Call: 888.407.4515 Samaritans NYC: 212-673-3000
I just want to say this- believe people when they say they have been harmed by these systems. Believe people when they tell you that these crisis lines failed them, that involuntary (or voluntary but coerced) hospitalizations were traumatizing and made things worse in some ways. And remember that just because an intervention “worked” in that it kept someone alive, doesn’t mean it’s ethical or something that we should continue. Please help our profession come up with alternative ways that we can work with people experiencing crisis without institutionalizing them and often causing further trauma. We need better psychiatric care in this country (and the world). And we need to fully believe survivors without questioning them and gaslighting them.
EDIT: here is also a google drive with mental health mobile crisis options in the US. these are not perfect solutions as they do often/sometimes partner with police, but at least there is someone trained in mental health crises there. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1x_vQeUfl3rhf412XPYtL4gpHg0NJjlgFWrzTqI2B4pY/htmlview#reddit.com
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