Global Pandemic: Suicides Expected to Rise During Pandemic

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🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Among the many social and economic problems the Covid-19 pandemic has caused is the strain on mental health and, with that, an increase in the possibility of suicides. According to a recent study, we should expect an increase in the number of suicides brought on by financial troubles, stress from isolation and overall heightened fear. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Dr. Roger McIntyre, professor at the University of Toronto and the author of a new study that has some grim predictions about suicide in the wake of coronavirus, but also has some answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.7	Friday, May 22nd, 2020, I'm Trey Inks.
0:25.0	There are concerns among the medical community that suicides could increase in the
0:30.4	wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
0:32.1	This is a very, very difficult time.
0:35.0	And if people are finding that they're quite impaired
0:37.0	because they're feeling so down, so despondent,
0:40.0	they're so anxious, they can't sleep,
0:42.0	they're having nightmares, They're losing their appetite.
0:44.4	They should reach out. They shouldn't wait because there are treatments available. There is
0:48.8	psychiatric first aid available. This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic.
0:54.0	Before we get started today, I'd like to offer a trigger warning.
1:01.0	This episode will discuss topics of
1:03.5	suicide and self-harm. With tens of millions out of a job, socially isolated, or
1:08.2	still locked down, the psychological impact that coronavirus is having on
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