Summary: <p>The new federally mandated mental health assistance and suicide prevention hotline, 9-8-8, launched in July. </p> <p>Since July, <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988/performance-metrics">according to data from SAMHSA</a>, calls and texts to the lifeline have risen significantly before the adoption of 9-8-8. But questions still remain whether state and local authorities have the infrastructure to provide services for this great demand. </p> <p>We hear from <a href="https://twitter.com/dmgorenstein">Dan Gorenstein</a>, executive producer and host of the podcast <em><a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod">Tradeoffs</a></em><em>,</em> who provides updates on how things are going with 9-8-8 thus far.</p>
