Adolescent help-seeking on a psychological support hotline: latent classes, predictors, and distal outcomes

Adolescent hotline callers can be understood through four recurring profiles that are visible in routine records and meaningfully predict near-term risk and service actions. This typology offers a practical scaffold for triage: prioritize intensive safety planning for crisis presentations; pair social and follow-up supports with peer-related distress; and scale problem-solving and coping support for academic strain.