Men in the firing line as jobs tumble – Crucial to take new tack on suicide, say Shravankumar Guntuku and Dr Neil Hall. 

The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing the poor to be more vulnerable; homeless and consequently depressed. 

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