Between January and November, the Teléfono de la Esperanza (Telephone of Hope) helpline in the Balearics received 219 calls of a suicidal nature. In 2020 there were 69 and in 2019 37.
Suicide calls to helpline have increased more than three times
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We as a health community (and community in general) are not giving this problem enough merit. The constant fear, constant change of rules, constant shaming and isolation are causing much greater harm at this point than the virus itself in it's current form. We must make a call to stop this madness. I'd also call on your publication to start posting positive headlines - you can have a positive impact on those who have been afflicted with mental health issues by changing your headlines to the recent wins of lowered hospitalizations and deaths. Do it!