mental health

The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline Needs Volunteers

If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741-741.

You may have seen them around town or even have them in your own neighborhood, we have one in ours and they’re adorable. They’re the tiny, free library set up outside of a home or business that has free books in it. The concept is to take a book and leave a book, for free, and bring the community together through reading. A Boise...

The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline is looking for volunteers to field crisis phone and text lines. They are in need of people for all shifts, especially evenings and weekends. The hotline team trains volunteers on how to become crisis phone workers, so if you don't have experience, that's OK...

The amount of calls and text messages made to the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline is on the rise. It’s not only for people who may feel suicidal, but for anyone that needs some emotional support. This will put it in perspective. In O...

Mental health is just as important as physical health. It’s something that a lot of people, including myself, are embarrassed to talk about.