# Texting that saves lives

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: Nancy Lublin
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.

## Lectures

1. [Texting that saves lives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives/90515cc0511d), 6 min (TED's player)