Dao was escorted back to the family apartment at Ban Kwan Yuen Eim Reung where the following day, Pattaya Mail spoke with her, her husband, and their son.
Krit explained that he had no idea of what his wife was planning when he left for work that day at 5 p.m. although he admitted she had threatened to do it before, feeling helpless to the family’s economic situation.
A new report by The Well Being Trust released last month found that 75,000 additional people could die from what they called “deaths of despair,” (which include suicide and substance use) because of COVID-19. Historically, there is evidence that deaths by suicide increased after the 1918 flu pandemic and after the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Unemployment and financial debt are huge mental health burdens. In the United States, after the stock market crashed in 1929, The New York Times reported 100 suicides and suicide attempts from October 24 through the end of the year. According to research, the 2007 economic crisis in Europe and North America led to more than 10,000 extra suicides.
