Suicide-related crisis calls in NH have decreased since start of pandemic

By Jordyn Haime
Granite State News Collaborative

Suicide-related calls received by Headrest, New Hampshire’s suicide hotline based in Lebanon, are usually steady at about 150 calls per month. But Cameron Ford, executive director of the nonprofit, says there were 110 calls in April. Courtesy photo.

Suicide-related calls received by Headrest, New Hampshire’s suicide hotline based in Lebanon, are usually steady at about 150 calls per month. But Cameron Ford, executive director of the nonprofit, says there were 110 calls in April. Courtesy photo.

Suicide-related crisis calls in New Hampshire have declined since the start of the pandemic, according to state mental health experts.

“In a lot of ways, that’s not unusual. When there has been a crisis in the past, although this has been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced, people often kind of pull things together a little bit,” said Kenneth Norton, Executive Director of NAMI New Hampshire, the state chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Suicide-related calls received by Headrest, New Hampshire’s suicide hotline based in Lebanon, are usually steady at about 150 calls per month. But Cameron Ford, executive director of the nonprofit, says there were 110 calls in April.

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