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Australia fears suicide spike due to virus shutdown | Malay Mail

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SYDNEY, May 7 — Thousands of Australians are expected to take their own lives because of the financial and psychological stress of the coronavirus crisis, far outstripping the death toll from the disease itself, experts warned today. Modelling by the Brain and Mind Centre at Sydney University...

Australia's lockdown has brought about addtional psychological, financial, and housing stress driving more to take their own lives, experts warn. — Reuters pic

That would mark a spike of 25 to 50 per cent over the 3,000 suicides usually recorded each year in the country. “These people are vulnerable to experiencing psychological, financial, and housing stress in the short and longer terms,” they said.

 

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