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Broken Heart Syndrome, High Suicide Rates Shadow Valentine's Day For Some
Valentine’s Day is not the mushy, romantic holiday so often depicted on TV and commercials. What is for some a chance to celebrate true love is, for others, a difficult time of the year that can bring on feelings of loneliness and depression. For proof look no further than the number of phone calls
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For proof look no further than the number of phone calls suicide hotlines receive on Feb. 14, as well as the number of people who have been diagnosed with "broken heart syndrome."
“The myth is that Christmas is the most high risk time for people to become suicidal, but actually it’s springtime,” Diane Brice, director of Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast, told City on a Hill Press. “Nationally, that’s the time with the highest rate of suicide.”
Brice cited relationship trouble as the most frequent reason people call the suicide help line, followed by financial insecurity. Her numbers are consistent with a Missouri hotline that reported fielding roughly 200 more calls on Valentine’s Day and the amount of advice-seekers on Internet discussion boards.