The number of support requests Kids Help Phone receives at night is increasing across Canada, the e-mental health support service said.
Demands for reach-outs via text from the hours of 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. ET are 183 per cent higher than those received during the day, Kids Help Phone said in a news release.
A 24 per cent increase in overnight requests for help was also reported in the first six months of this year, when compared to last, it said.
The six-month data included information as of June 30.
“I say it’s a canary in the coal mine time,” Rebecca Shields, president and CEO at Kids Help Phone, told Global News.
Shields said Kids Help Phone…
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