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Re:Suicide has become rarer during the pandemic by whimsicalism on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:14AM (#26915556)
Based on my looking at disposable cash flows available to the average American, I am curious if the pandemic assistance is perhaps allowing people to treat latent issues that they wouldn't have before - due to higher opportunity cost of consumption and also less cash flow.
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Re:Suicide has become rarer during the pandemic by julianlam on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:20AM (#26922974)
My gut assumption would be that seeing a therapist virtually is now normalised due to COVID.

Prior to 2020, my insurer would've laughed me off if I tried to claim a psychotherapy visit that wasn't done in person. Now it seems they're bending over backwards to let me know they are allowing it.

Something as small as physically going to an appointment is enough of a barrier to access, sometimes.

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