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Youth mental health addressed with trainings, outreach – and even a mobile phone app
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All educators and staff with the Gainesville City School System were trained in providing “mental health first aid” to youth in crisis in January.
The Georgia Crisis and Access Line is meeting struggling students where they are: their cellphones.A new mobile app, known as GCAL, allows those in need to communicate with professionals via text message or online chat in addition to the traditional phone call to the crisis hotline, which offers free and confidential access to services for mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.