Teen volunteers staff Oregon’s crisis support line to help peers facing mental health challenges

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Oregon ranks among the worst states for youth mental illness and access to care. William Brangham: Each Volunteer gets more than 60 hours of training, and master’s level supervisors are constantly on standby in the room, listening in and reading along, ready at a moment’s notice to step in if a conversation gets too serious. Oregon health officials announced Friday how they will spend more than half-a-billion dollars set aside for behavioral health services in the state

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