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Crisis Resources 
Available 24/7
Call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) 
Connects individuals to immediate crisis care through a national 
network of over 180 independently operated state and local 
crisis call centers. The Lifeline provides services in English and 
Spanish and uses Language Line Solutions to provide caller 
translation services in over 240 additional languages. Learn more 
at 988lifeline.org.
Text TALK to 741-741 (Crisis Text Line)
Provides free, text-based mental health support and crisis 
intervention by empowering a community of trained volunteer 
counselors to support people in their moments of need. Learn 
more at crisistextline.org.
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Stahl’s Handbooks (Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Handbooks). Cambridge: 
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