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'Deaths of despair': Coronavirus pandemic could push suicide, drug overdose deaths above 100,000, study says

The federal mental health czar is calling for more money to expand services to help people suffering amid the social isolation imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, as a new study estimates related deaths from alcohol, drug overdose and suicide could reach 150,000.

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