According to Klimaka, an organization that runs a helpline in Greece for people considering suicide, recent months have seen the suicide rate go up from 1 person a day in 2009 to more than 2 per day this year.
According to Violatzis, writes Kathmerini, many of the victims are “men who are no longer earning enough money to provide for their families and feel they no longer have a role to play – people who are going through an identity crisis,” though he also admits suicide is often a multifaceted problem that cannot be explained by merely pointing to the present economic situation.
