Ashley Campisano (standing) of Medfield High School and Jessica Kruger of Framingham High School volunteer with the Samaritans.
(Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff)
Samaritans’ IMs reach out to teens in crisis
Suicide prevention agency adopts new way to interact
Ashley Campisano (standing) of Medfield High School and Jessica Kruger of Framingham High School volunteer with the Samaritans.
(Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff)
Samaritans, the nearly 40-year-old suicide-prevention organization , modernized its outreach efforts this month by launching a teen-to-teen instant messaging service called IM Hear_, a project in the works for four years. The goal of the instant messaging service is for teens to reach teens, whose crises - depression, suicide, bullying, sexuality - are more acknowledged today but who seldom reach out via the telephone hot line.
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