(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, SEPTEMBER 12 - The number of suicides
recorded in Greece in the first eight months of this year was
marginally down from the same period last year, according to two
nongovernmental organizations which provide support to depressed
and homeless citizens. A total of 209 people (173 men and 36
women) committed suicide from January through August, as daily
Kathimerini online reports quoting data data made public by
representatives of the Suicide Prevention Network and Klimaka.
This represents a drop of around 10% compared to the 229 people (193 men and 36 women) who killed themselves in the same period of 2013. According to Aris Violatzis, a counselor with Klimaka, the dip suggests that the increase in suicides that has been widely attributed to the country's economic crisis has started to reverse. "The phenomenon has peaked and is probably dropping," he said. (ANSAmed).
This represents a drop of around 10% compared to the 229 people (193 men and 36 women) who killed themselves in the same period of 2013. According to Aris Violatzis, a counselor with Klimaka, the dip suggests that the increase in suicides that has been widely attributed to the country's economic crisis has started to reverse. "The phenomenon has peaked and is probably dropping," he said. (ANSAmed).
