Sweta Tiwary, Volunteer, Mentor and Trainer at Connecting NGO, Pune, a suicide prevention helpline talks about how the nature of distress calls changed during the ongoing pandemic. And how callers have been impacted by the media coverage of Sushant Singh Rajput.
*TW: Discussion on causes of suicide and feelings of people in distress
Have you kept your helplines open through the lockdown?
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