
40. The Suicide Paradox
Freakonomics Radio
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My Own Suicide Was Something I Was Able to Completely Ignore
Hungary has the third highest alcohol consumption rate in the world. In two thousand eight about two thousand 400 people committed suicide here. The country is about the size of indiana. A study ran for five years in kishkoon hollish where they trained 28 of the town's 30 general practitioners in suicide provention. They compared their results to a neighboring group and it worked less than expected. But this model hasn't caught on anywhere else, just like yudwig ludwig was not cured by anti-depressions.
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