The Suicide Hotline Number Is Not A Solution

Lindsay Holmes is a mental health reporter and writer for the Huffington Post. She recently wrote an article about how people should do more than share the Suicide Hotline number when a suicide close to them occurs. She wrote, "It’s not a solution. It’s a Band-Aid for a wound that demands a better cure. the flaw with posting these numbers out into the void of the internet ignores a hard truth about suicide: Saving a life can’t solely rely on the person who is at risk.