Chandreyee GhoseMinister Chandrima Bhattacharya inaugurates the toll-free helpline for adolescents. Picture by Biswajit KunduShakespeare Sarani: A helpline for distressed adolescents has gone toll-free to reach out to more students in the city. Given the spurt in the number of distress callers over the past five years, CINI has made Teenline toll-free to mark its 44th anniversary. Psychologists handling Teenline said relationship issues, performance anxiety, rift with parents and queries related to sexual health were the most common woes among teenagers. Minister Bhattacharya said a toll-free helpline was the need of the hour.
Source: The Telegraph February 02, 2018 22:41 UTC