Callers are able to speak with a mental health professional and get connected with resources in the community.
Tuesday as mental health professionals answered calls from people looking for information on resources in the community. The one-day phone bank was part of the roll out of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan's new Mental Health Matters Jax initiative.
"We're getting calls from parents, from grandparents, we're getting them from teenagers," Sherman explained. "It increasingly got worse because the stressors that families are dealing with have gotten increasingly worse. The pressures are much more than people are able to deal with these days," Sherman said.s in Jacksonville and one of the volunteers taking calls. She heard from people of all ages and backgrounds, including parents calling about help for their children.
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