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1 in 4 US High School Students Identifies as LGBTQ

One in every four high school students has a non-heterosexual sexual orientation, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) biannual Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey. The report, which used data from 2021, stated...

Increase in Suicides and Child Mortality During Crisis in Greece

The glass is both half full and half empty, regarding the prolonged economic crisis in Greece and its impact on the health of the nation's people. A new Greek-British scientific study, perhaps the most complete that has been done...

More Than 500,000 Greeks Suffer From Depression

The economic crisis in Greece has led to an increase in mental disorders, with depression being the most common as more than half million Greeks suffer from it. The data regarding the increase in mental disorders were presented during the...

Another Two Suicides on Greek Islands

Another two suicides in the Dodecanese, eastern Greece, are added to the long and tragic list. Last Thursday on Leros, a 20 year-old girl hanged herself, while on Kos, a 42 year-old father of two ended his life with a...

Greeks Cut Medicine During Crisis

Greece's lingering economic crisis is making Greeks cut back on medicines as well as other necessities, with 33 percent saying they've curbed how much they take because they can't afford it, according to a survey that also showed60% believe...

Two Suicides On Crete

A 45-year-old male employee who had been working in the municipality of Hersonissos was found hanged at the archaeological site of Malia. The police and an ambulance responded and the body was taken to the coroner for an autopsy authorities...

Greek Crisis Spiked Suicides

The number of suicides in Greece during the period 2009-2011, as  recorded by the registries and forensic services was revealed in Parliament by the Finance Minister, who quoted relevant documents of the Greek Statistical Authority. According to the data, during...

European Suicide Politics: Why So Many Greeks Are Suddenly Taking Their Own Lives

Accusations and counter-accusations of political, social and economic "suicide" are on the daily agenda of the new election campaign in Greece called for June 17. The rhetoric of suicide has been employed  by politicians and by journalists and commentators....

Suicides On The Rise In Greece

Minister of Citizen Protection Mr. Christos Papoutsis presented a report to the Greek parliament on January 11 concerning deaths by suicide and attempted suicides in the country, confirming the already gloomy picture painted in the previous months. A total of...