A Project for HIST 1000 in 2020-2022
 
Author: <span>Daniel Plasencia</span>

The Horrific Correlation Between Suicidal Ideation and Pandemics

“US mortality data for 2020, which estimated a 17.7% increase in overall mortality, but a 5.6% decline in US suicide rates compared to 2019” Bastiampillai,T The biggest leap toward helping individuals suffering from mental illnesses occurred one hundred and twenty years ago in the year 1920 when America’s first suicide …