The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the Department of Mental Health (DMH) on Monday announced they are joining forces to try and reduce the number of suicides that occur each year in Thailand.
The collaboration follows the release of figures for 2021 which revealed that there were 4,810 suicides in total, or about seven for every 100,000 people.
Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej and Dr Amporn Benjaponpitak, director-general of the DMH, said the unit had been…