KRISTIN:
SUICIDE RATES ARE ON THE RISE
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES...
ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C.
THIS GROWING CRISIS - MAKING ITS
WAY TO PRIME TIME T-V...
ABC'S "A MILLION LITTLE THINGS"
WILL
NAVIGATE THE SENSITIVE ISSUE
TONIGHT AT 9 : SPOTLIGHTING THE
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION
LIFELINE... THAT WORKS TO SAVE
LIVES - TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN
THEIR TIME OF NEED.
A NUMBER OF THOSE LIFELINE CALLS
- ARE ANSWERED RIGHT
HERE IN KNOXVILLE.. IN FACT -
U-T HAS A CLASS - TRAINING
WHAT ARE THE FIRST THINGS YOU
TEACH STUDENTS - LEARNING HOW TO
ANSWER THESE CALLS? HOW MUCH
TRAINING?
IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND - OR LOVED
ONE IN NEED... WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
IS IT MORE ABOUT LISTENING?
DO YOU THINK ITS GOOD FOR POP
CULTURE TO TALK ABOUT THESE
ISSUES - LIKE "A MILLION LITTLE
THINGS" WILL DO TONIGHT?
WARNING SIGNS - RESOURCES...
KRISTIN:
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS IN
NEED OF HELP - YOU CAN
REACH OUT TO THE NATIONAL
SUICIDE
PREVENTION LIFELINE AT THE
NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN : 1-800-
273-8255.
YOU CAN ALSO TEXT T-N TO 741-741
- TO REACH THE TENNESSEE SUICIDE
PREVENTION NETWORK - A CRISIS
LINE THAT OFFERS FREE 24/7 TEXT
MESSAGING SUPPORT FOR
PEOPLE IN CRISIS.
FOR A LIST OF LOCAL SUICIDE
PREVENTION RESOURCES - JUST
HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE - WATE DOT
COM AND CLICK ON THE AS SEEN ON
SECTION.