BANGKOK: During the first half of the Coronavirus-19 outbreak, the suicide rate in Thailand rose 22 percent year-on-year, according to the Thai Department of Mental Health. Last year.
Kiattiphum Wongrachit, director general of the Department of Mental Health, said on September 10, 2020, on World Suicide Prevention Day, that last year's statistics showed a total of 4,419 victims, or equivalent. Six out of 100,000 Thais commit suicide for a variety of reasons related to communication, illness, alcohol and poverty.
In the first half of this year, there were 2,551 suicides, compared to 2,092 in the same period last year.
At the same time, the doctor added that the department was concerned about suicide warnings being posted on social media. Rescuers on social media need to call for help with the hotline number 1323.
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