Hawaii’s Mental Health Crisis Suicides In Hawaii Appear To Be Decreasing — Despite Pandemic Experts say the preliminary data is an encouraging indicator that people are paying closer attention to their mental health and getting help.
In March, President Donald Trump predicted “suicide by the thousands” if the country didn’t quickly reopen businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its grip on the United States.
Although experts criticized the president’s claim as hyperbolic, a few widely publicized coronavirus-related suicides soon materialized.
Then came an alarming federal survey in late June that found 40% of American adults had struggled with mental health or drug use in the previous 30 days, with one in four people between the ages of 18 and 24 reporting they had “seriously considered suicide.”
