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Suicide Prevention Lifeline & Disaster Distress Helpline

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which can be accessed by dialing “988”. To learn more about 988, visit https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988/faqs. Please note disaster survivors & responders across the country can continue to receive specialized crisis & emotional support via the Disaster Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990, a sub-network of the Lifeline also funded by SAMHSA and administered by Vibrant.

The Disaster Distress Helpline’s (DDH) Online Peer Support Communities is a national, peer focused program that provides free support services to individuals who have experienced a natural or human-caused disaster. Peers have an opportunity to come together for mutual aid, to share trusted resources, and to help one another continue to heal from the effects of a traumatic event. The program is offered online via Facebook Groups, and is monitored 24/7/365 by a dedicated crisis center to provide support to members who may be experiencing emotional distress.

The DDH, having a greater understanding of the impact disasters have on individuals and communities, created a dedicated Online Peer Support Community for healthcare workers who are coping with the long-term aftermath of a worldwide pandemic.

Here are the direct links to our DDH Healthcare Worker Facebook group, DDH program related videos, and information and services:

To Join Group

DDH OPSC for the Healthcare Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Facebook Group:

DDH Online Peer Support Videos

Meet the DDH Online Peer Supporters:

This animated video is approximately 2 minutes in length and describes our DDH Online Peer Support Communities available in the Healthcare Workers Facebook Group:

DDH Online Peer Support Information and Services

Detailed information about DDH Online Peer Support Program

Detailed descriptions of the DDH OPSCs:

Other Related Communications

Frontline Academy of Emergency Physicians podcast:

  • Listen to our peer supporter/healthcare worker, John Rossi, describe what it is like to be a peer supporter in the DDH OPSC healthcare worker group:

DDH OPSC Frontline Podcast

Listen to our Facebook live event as well as the DDH hosted webinar with Dr. Mona Masood, Founder of the Physicians Support Line, and Dr. Loice Swisher, Nocturnist, discuss Supporting Healthcare Workers in Crisis:

NYSHFA/NYSCAL CONTACTS:

Lisa Volk, RN, B.P.S., LNHA
Director, Clinical & Quality Services
518-462-4800 x15