Mental health emergencies, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, mobile crisis teams, dual diagnosis, trauma and PTSD — care for the moments when waiting isn’t an option.
The Cleveland paramedics had been to the same boarding house twice in a month, but the man tearing through the front yard at three in the morning was new. Devon, twenty-three, was barefoot in February snow, drenched in sweat, swinging at invisible attackers. His core temperature in the ambulance read one hundred and six. His … Read more
The Cleveland paramedics had been to the same boarding house twice in a month, but the man tearing through the front yard at three in the morning was new. Devon, twenty-three, was barefoot in February snow, drenched in sweat, swinging at invisible attackers. His core temperature in the ambulance read one hundred and six. His … Read more
The volunteer firefighters in a small Kentucky town arrived at the abandoned barn around eleven on a school night and found Bryce, fourteen, cyanotic and pulseless on the dirt floor. A can of computer duster was clutched in his right hand. His best friend, sobbing nearby, said Bryce had been spraying it into a paper … Read more
The volunteer firefighters in a small Kentucky town arrived at the abandoned barn around eleven on a school night and found Bryce, fourteen, cyanotic and pulseless on the dirt floor. A can of computer duster was clutched in his right hand. His best friend, sobbing nearby, said Bryce had been spraying it into a paper … Read more
Renata called her husband from a parking garage in Las Vegas at four in the morning, on the phone for the first time in two days, and asked him whether the kids would be okay if she did not come home. He kept her on the line while his neighbour drove him to the airport. … Read more
Renata called her husband from a parking garage in Las Vegas at four in the morning, on the phone for the first time in two days, and asked him whether the kids would be okay if she did not come home. He kept her on the line while his neighbour drove him to the airport. … Read more
Reggie was a 38-year-old graphic designer in Long Beach, California, who walked into a small community hospital on a Thursday afternoon complaining of insomnia, anxiety, and an “overwhelming feeling that something was about to crawl out of my skin.” Triage assessed him as a routine anxiety presentation. He was handed a cup of water and … Read more
Reggie was a 38-year-old graphic designer in Long Beach, California, who walked into a small community hospital on a Thursday afternoon complaining of insomnia, anxiety, and an “overwhelming feeling that something was about to crawl out of my skin.” Triage assessed him as a routine anxiety presentation. He was handed a cup of water and … Read more
It was 2:47 a.m. when Maya, a sophomore at the University of Michigan, finally typed the message into her residence hall group chat: “I don’t think I want to be here anymore.” Her roommate Ainsley, asleep until her phone buzzed, woke up, read the screen twice, and ran across the hallway barefoot. She had heard … Read more
It was 2:47 a.m. when Maya, a sophomore at the University of Michigan, finally typed the message into her residence hall group chat: “I don’t think I want to be here anymore.” Her roommate Ainsley, asleep until her phone buzzed, woke up, read the screen twice, and ran across the hallway barefoot. She had heard … Read more