Mexico City Metro Offers Mental Health Support at Atlalilco and Zapata Stations

The Mexico City Metro's "Salvemos Vidas" (Let's Save Lives) program is extending its reach to provide crucial mental health support to passengers. Throughout the latter half of August, mobile brigades will be present at the Atlalilco station on Line 8 and the Zapata station on Line 12.

The program aims to offer timely guidance and counseling on mental health issues, along with crisis intervention, directly to users transiting through these stations. This psychoeducational initiative is a collaborative effort involving psychologists from "Salvemos Vidas" and other mental health professionals from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), the Institute for Attention to Mental Health and Addictions (IASAMA), Centros de Integración Juvenil (CIJ), and IMSS Bienestar.

These traveling brigades will be available daily from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Specifically, they will be at Atlalilco station from August 17 to 20, and at Zapata station from August 24 to 27. During their presence, the teams will distribute information on emotional well-being and suicide prevention. They will also offer a listening ear, provide guidance, and conduct early detection of mental health and substance abuse issues, with options for referrals to specialized, low-cost or free services.

The "Salvemos Vidas" program, which began its mobile brigade strategy in 2023, has already reached 128,675 individuals through 542 hours of counseling provided at strategic Metro stations. This initiative, active for 10 years, is recognized as a pioneering effort in Mexico and an international benchmark for suicide prevention and crisis care within a large-scale public transportation system. Metro General Director Adrián Rubalcava has emphasized strengthening these user support services while maintaining the Metro's primary function of mobility.