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“Obviously, there is inherent value in addressing social ills,” says Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a Columbia University psychiatrist and an expert on the intersection of mental illness and law.

Suspected suicides often require an investigation to determine a cause of death and can be misclassified, said Mark Olfson, a psychiatrist and epidemiologist at Columbia University.

Katherine Keyes, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, pointed out that the country has been restricting mental health access and care, which impacts Black people and mental health.