HBO Debuting Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 on Monday, November 11th

As a part of their weekly series of documentary specials, HBO will be debuting Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 on Monday, November 11th at 9:00. The 45-minute special is set to focus on the Veterans Crisis Line, a hotline dedicated to helping veterans and their families deal with the post-traumatic stress, depression, addiction, and suicidal thoughts that can result once they or one of their loved ones return home. With former service members accounting for more than 20% of suicides in the United States despite being 1% of the population, the Crisis Line uses trained responders, many of whom have military experience themselves and understand the challenges that all veterans face upon completing service. Crisis Hotline will highlight how its responders react to some of the 900,000 calls the Crisis Line has answered since its inception in 2007, including the aftermath of the emotional conversations that have saved many a life. In 2009, the Veterans Crisis Line added an anonymous chat s

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