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How the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline has helped marginalized communities

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Author and therapist Natalie Gutierrez speaks with NPR's Dwane Brown about how the national 988 hotline can help marginalized communities with mental health issues.

DWANE BROWN, HOST:

988 hotline workers are not only dealing² with an increased volume of calls, but they are seeing more calls from non-English-speaking people. We're going to turn now to a conversation I had with Natalie Gutierrez. She's a New York-based author and therapist who treats intergenerational trauma³ and other forms of complex post-traumatic stress. I asked her how the 988 hotline is helping⁴ some of the marginalized communities she sees in her practice.

NATALIE GUTIERREZ: I'm appreciative⁵ that there is a space that you can reach out to 24/7 for everyone, and especially marginalized communities that just struggle sometimes even talking with other people face-to-face about just what they're holding and the pain that they're carrying.

BROWN: And it seems like the negative stigma⁶ often associated with mental health has been changing in recent years - social media, more people speaking out. What are you actually hearing among migrant communities?

GUTIERREZ: Well, I think we still have a ways to go for that stigma to shift. And I think we're getting a lot more people using these helplines, using these crisis lines, because folks are really trying to move away from these stigmas⁷, from these stereotypes⁸ of, you know, being seen as weak for seeking help. And so I think we're seeing some of a rise in folks using these resources because there's a movement away from wanting to stay in the place of internalizing those stereotypes and those stigmas. What I want to see also is brainstorming⁹ and collaborating¹⁰ collectively on how we can also prevent suicide and crisis in different ways. What are we doing structurally¹¹ and institutionally to shift things for marginalized communities and folks that are, you know, immigrants and everyone? We're actually creating or tending to the actual wounding and the things that actually need to shift in our society.

BROWN: And there are still some barriers, some basic barriers for migrants...

GUTIERREZ: Right.

BROWN: ...To access mental health services. Talk about that.

GUTIERREZ: The barriers to mental health are financial resources to access them, and I think also having access to mental health resources and psychologists or just medical professionals, clinicians that also aren't pathologizing, especially folks that have racialized identities - Black, Indigenous¹², POCs, coming from lineages where ancestors were experimented on medically. And so there's already - a lot of the time folks are coming in with distrust toward medical systems and medical professionals and authority, and it can be really hard to then meet with medical professionals that are then going to maybe label you or just give you a diagnosis¹³. And sometimes these are larger diagnoses. And then comes the shame and the stigma attached to how folks then see themselves...

BROWN: Right.

GUTIERREZ: ...Or how they're treated by even their practitioners¹⁴ and within their own communities and their own families. So these things really have ripple¹⁵ effects.

BROWN: So do you think this hotline can actually help save lives?

GUTIERREZ: Absolutely. I think it's going to be really helpful in offering folks a space if their therapists are not available at the moment and they're feeling like they have an urge to self-harm or to lean towards suicide or just are in crisis and need someone to connect with, that they can call here and use this as a support, as something to lean on. And there has to be more that comes from that after.

BROWN: That's therapist Natalie Gutierrez. Her book, "The Pain We Carry," provides tools for people experiencing complex post-traumatic stress. Thanks again.

GUTIERREZ: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

3 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 appreciative   

adj.有鉴赏力的，有眼力的；感激的

参考例句：

• She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
• We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。

6 stigma   

n.耻辱，污名；(花的)柱头

参考例句：

• Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
• The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。

7 stigmas   

n.耻辱的标记，瑕疵( stigma的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Wind may affect the set of fruit by desiccating the stigmas. 风可影响座果，因为风吹干了柱头。 来自辞典例句
• Monterey's transpiration of pistils and stigmas are lowest. Monterey的柱头和雌蕊的失水速率均较低。 来自互联网

8 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 brainstorming   

献计献策,合力攻关

参考例句：

• With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming)，正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
• We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。

10 collaborating   

合作( collaborate的现在分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
• He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。

11 structurally   

在结构上

参考例句：

• The house roof was (structurally) unsound. 这屋顶（结构）不牢固。
• Pinhole on shot-hole damage is never structurally significant. 针孔和蛀洞所造成的危害对结构的影响不大。

12 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

13 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

14 practitioners   

n.习艺者，实习者( practitioner的名词复数 )；从业者（尤指医师）

参考例句：

• one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
• The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句

15 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。