COVID-19 is not the only epidemic that has hit Thailand, as the economic distress caused by the coronavirus is leading more and more Thais into despair. The urban poor, some left without an income and others overlooked by government financial-aid programmes, see no other option than to kill themselves. Thailand is well known for having one of the highest wealth inequalities in the world and one of the highest suicide rates in Southeast Asia. In fact, suicide ranks second among the non-natural causes of death in the country, after traffic accidents, and is more common than homicide, according to government statistics. Do the alarming numbers hide an underlying mental-illness epidemic? Is the kingdom doing enough to stem the problem? Watch more Undercover Asia: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTb786lOB4Qsr5zp58blidcw ========== About Undercover Asia 8: CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia returns for the eighth season to uncover the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia, and help us understand the plight of the disenfranchised and the displaced. ================ #CNAInsider #CNAInvestigates #UndercoverAsiaCNA #Thailand #MentalHealth For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://ift.tt/2C3sZiR Facebook: https://ift.tt/2PPEuNA Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider
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