CrisisLink
US non-profit mental health hotline
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursCrisisLink was founded in 1969 out of a church basement. It initially fielded calls on teen drug and relationship problems. Originally called the Arlington Hotline and then the Northern Virginia Hotline, in 1999 the name was changed to CrisisLink. After the September 11 attacks, CrisisLink set up a center at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington and fielded 6,000 calls about potential victims in 48 hours. In 2003, the hotline won the American Association of Suicidology’s National Crisis Center Excellence Award.
In August 2014, CrisisLink announced its merger with Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, another Arlington-area mental health nonprofit.
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