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Suicides Increase After National Suicide Prevention Introduced

Mad in America

The screening test recommended by the World Health Organization is so poor that for every 100,000 healthy people screened, 36,000 will get a false diagnosis of depression. If the suicide rates had remained stable at the rate they were in 2006, there would have been 10,000 to 15,000 fewer suicides among US veterans.

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Usage of Depression Pills in Children and Young People Must Stop

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1,2 We have a mental health crisis because the existing approaches that focus on drugs are not working and worsen the outcomes. 3 In the UK, mental health disability has almost trebled in recent decades, and the gap in life expectancy between people with severe mental health issues and the general population has doubled.