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Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic by standardUser on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:28PM (#26800235)
That take isn't unintuitive, but I think it discounts the degree to which suicidal thoughts are the product of mental illness. It's not that a suicidal person needs a reason to live, or a logical argument to change their mind. In most cases (some estimates say 90%) the individual needs treatment for a specific mental illness.
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Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic by akvadrako on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:11PM (#26802207)
I don't think that's true at all. For example in Japan most suicides are by older men who become single. It's not like they suddenly develop a mental illness.
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