Greece: Thanks to statists, there's been a 30 to 40 per cent increase in suicides

It was only a Skype consultation but it was still charged with emotion. The voice of the man on the other computer screen was choked with distress; he often stopped to sob.

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He had gone to a Greek island desperate for work. The job had not eventuated and now his partner had left him. He wanted to kill himself.

This is a familiar story to Kyriakos Katsadoros, a psychiatrist who works for Greece's suicide prevention helpline talking to callers from all over the country. The helpline is a barometer of the nation's misery and the pressure reading at the moment is high.
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Dr Katsadoros says there are no official figures yet but, since the onset of the Greek financial crisis, ''I believe that there's been a 30 to 40 per cent increase in suicide. That estimate is based on the number of phone calls we receive, the reading of newspaper clips and medical articles.

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Greece: Thanks to statists, there's been a 30 to 40 per cent increase in suicides

Greece: Thanks to statists, there's been a 30 to 40 per cent increase in suicides

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