The suicide rate in Northern Ireland nearly doubled in a 10-year span after the signing of the peace agreement known as the Good Friday Peace Agreement or the Belfast Agreement – here's a look into why mental illness has become more prevalent in Northern Ireland over the last 20 years.
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April 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, or Belfast Agreement, being signed in Northern Ireland. The move sought to end 30 years of sectarian conflict in the region, between Irish Republicans and the British State Forces and Loyalists. But in the aftermath of the violence, staggering numbers of suicides and reports of local people struggling with mental health issues emerged in Northern Ireland.
NowThis World Senior correspondent Versha Sharma will dive into data that shows there’s a real mental health crisis in Northern Ireland, where more people have died of suicide during the last 20 years of peace than were killed during 3 decades of conflict.
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