Crisis Calls Increase
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Calls to the Georgia Crisis and Access line from people with concerns about financial difficulties increased 64 percent during July to September over the same period in 2006. Mandy Mercer’s company, Behavioral Health Link, operates the hot line. She said 930 callers used words such as mortgage foreclosure, bank and debt when describing their problems to counselors.
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