Suicide Is A Big Problem Where You'd Least Expect It [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 9/15/144:00 AM

"The common conception is that suicide is a problem for high-income countries," says Dr. Shekhar Saxena, director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization.

But WHO's first ever report on suicide prevention offers a startlingly different perspective: three-fourths of the world's 800,000 yearly suicide deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. We spoke with Saxena about the findings.

[For more of this story, written by Amy Walters, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/goats...youd-least-expect-it]

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