“We have to move to a more smart containment … You cannot actually protect someone’s physical health and just go ahead and destroy their mental health. Statistics Canada put unemployment at 13 per cent in April, with some experts estimating it could rise to 16 per cent. Not everyone in the field sees a potential mental health calamity coming. “There has been unprecedented focus on mental health … as well as unprecedented financial accommodation,” she said. There is also evidence that times of national adversity, such as the 9/11 terror attacks in the U.S., actually see suicide rates fall, said Klonsky.

Source: National Post June 04, 2020 10:43 UTC