# death of despair

> death caused by an adverse mental state induced by societal conditions; used as a metric of societal mental health

**Wikidata**: [Q65076667](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65076667)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_of_despair)  
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