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Sri Lanka’s suicide on the rise after worst currency crisis-by MELKISHIYA ANDREW Source:Economynext ECONOMYNEXT – The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is significantly higher compared to years prior to the currency crisis, which has resulted in unemployment and redundancies, psychiatrists have claimed. “There is no data received for the years 2022 and 2023. For 2023 only four months have gone by this year, but we are receiving statistics that the number has increased and is much higher within the last four months,” Consultant Psychiatrist from the National Hospital of Sri Lanka  Dr. Chathurie Suraweera said addressing the press briefing. Yearly, Sri Lanka reports around 3,000 cases of suicide with about eight to nine cases reported every day, Suraweera said. Reasons for the apparent increase in the number of suicides is related to the economic plight felt by the people resulting from increased cost of living, unemployment and instability. “In the ...