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Rise of the fatal solution: Mental health workers are seeing the human cost of Mideast economic downturn

Dr. Haytham Shabayek, specialist in psychiatry at Medeor 24X7 Hospital, in Abu Dhabi, said he has seen a rise in the number of people suffering with depression, on varying scales of severity.
Dr. Fabian Saarloos, a Dutch clinical and health care psychologist at the German Neuroscience Center, in Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), has also noticed that more people are seeking help for suicidal thoughts.

By Jennifer Bell · 31 May 2018