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Preventing suicide: what you need to know to help those in crisis
Posted on · The importance of reaching out to family, friends, and co-workers to let them know someone cares
Tag: crisis
Health & Science
Why One Houston Researcher Calls Meth ‘A Perfect Storm’ For Southeast Texas
Posted on · Texas has largely been spared from the worst of the opioid overdose crisis, but in its place, another more difficult addiction is rising.
Houston Matters
Jared Diamond Explores How Past Nations Have Handled ‘Upheaval’
Posted on · The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel talks about his latest book.
News
Trump Administration To Declare Opioid Crisis A Public Health Emergency
Posted on · The move stops short of declaring a national emergency, which the president had pledged to do.
Houston Matters
New Clinics and Services Offer Help for Mental Health Crisis — But Is It Enough?
Posted on · Recently, Memorial Hermann opened its third Mental Health Crisis Clinic in Meyerland. It's a location that opens from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. so people in need in the middle of the night can access help. Oftentimes these people can find themselves incarcerated at the Harris County Jail when it's really mental health services they […]
Houston Matters
Crisis Hotline Helps Houstonians At Their Darkest Hour
Posted on · We talk with representatives of Crisis Intervention of Houston, which has operated a 24-hour telephone crisis counseling and information hotline since 1970. We discuss the history of the service, and the types of calls they receive today. The crisis hotline number is: 713-HOTLINE (713-468-5463).
Houston Matters
Our Nation’s History with Debt: Former Mayor Bill White Discusses His New Book
Posted on · Former Houston Mayor Bill White discusses his new book, America’s Fiscal Constitution: Its Triumph and Collapse. The book discusses the different times in our nation’s history when our national debt spiked, how those spikes in debt were handled, how things are being done differently today, and what that could all mean for our future. White […]