THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals says 99% of calls by Rhode Islanders to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline have been answered in-state after BH Link began fielding the calls.
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s response rate for answering calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hit 99% during the first quarter of 2020, a rate that state health officials attribute to routing the calls to BH Link, a state-sponsored mental health group, which began last summer. Lifeline callers in the Ocean State are connected directly…
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