89.9 FM Live From The University Of New Mexico
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

New Texting Option For Warmline Support

Pexels
/
CREATIVE COMMONS

The state’s Peer-to-Peer Warmline has introduced a texting option. This could help more locals early on so they won’t need to call a crisis hotline later.

Opening up about your personal problems can be intimidating, especially when it’s to a stranger.

Wendy Linebrink-Allison runs the state’s hot and warm lines. She said texting could give people a better sense of control over the conversation.

 

"Maybe they feel more comfortable writing it out, and thinking about what they’re saying before they have a conversation with somebody," she said.

Texting could make the line more appealing to people who have anxiety, or a busy day, or to those who just prefer to text.

The warmline employs specialists who’ve experienced their own addiction or mental health issues. So people reaching out can talk to someone who might understand them on a more intimate level.

***

  • People who want someone to talk to can text or call the warmline at 1-855-4NM-7100.
  • The New Mexico Crisis and Access Line number is 1-855-NMCRISIS.
  • There's also the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

***
 
 
KUNM’s Public Health New Mexico project is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the McCune Charitable Foundation, and the Con Alma Health Foundation.

May joined KUNM's Public Health New Mexico team in early 2018. That same year, she established the New Mexico chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and received a fellowship from the Association of Health Care Journalists. She join Colorado Public Radio in late 2019.
Related Content