Thursday, May 31, 2012

Analysis: Greeks count mental health cost of a country in crisis

Flowers, toys and notes are seen at the site where pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas shot himself in the head because of poverty brought on by the crisis that has put millions out of work, in Athens' Syntagma square April 27, 2012LONDON (Reuters) - Behind every suicide in crisis-stricken countries such as Greece there are up to 20 more people desperate enough to have tried to end their own lives. And behind those attempted suicides, experts say there are thousands of hidden cases of mental illness, like depression, alcohol abuse and anxiety disorder, that never make the news, but have large and potentially long-lasting human costs. ...


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