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What's New?
Howard County Health Department has launched an updated It’s Ok to Ask campaign that expands suicide prevention messaging through the lifespan. To access resources and learn more about suicide prevention, visit the HCHD website here. To find more images from the campaign, visit our Mental Health and Suicide Prevention page and to request campaign materials, complete the form here.
988: The New Way to Connect to Behavioral Health Crisis Services
Maryland has a new way to connect to local behavioral health crisis services.
Calling 988 will connect callers directly to the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline which encompasses all behavioral crisis services, to include all mental health and substance use (problems with drug and alcohol use).
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline replaces the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline AND expands services to cover all behavioral health crisis services.
Learn more about 988 in Maryland