Pandemic sees more distressed people seeking help

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Pandemic sees more distressed people seeking help

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Shahtahmasebi
Depressed Teenager
In the past year, in 3.3 per cent of incoming calls to all mental health and addiction services, callers expressed suicidal ideation or extreme distress [NZRDA]
Key points, Anecdotally, there are impressions of increased suicide rates since New Zealand first went into lockdown, but data is not yet available. Psychiatris