By James McGinnis, April 8, 2020, Burlington County Times.
The national disaster distress helpline is available for anyone. Call 800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746 for a counselor.
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You are not alone.
An army of mental health professionals is manning phones and medical centers, and you should not wait until a moment of crisis to seek help from stress related to the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
“Even though it may be called a crisis hotline, sometimes you need to call before you are in crisis,” said Sharon Curran, a certified mental health first aid trainer and CEO of the Lenape Valley Foundation of Pennsylvania.
“Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, we have people answering phones who are experts in behavioral health and crisis intervention, and we want people to call,” Curran stressed.
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