What drives people to murder-suicide? Part 02

Murder-Suicide is not as rare as some might imagine. Indian and SriLankan Community had been rocked by details of distressing high publicity cases each year, including a Perth Tamil mother who police believe killed her two children before taking her own life in March 2022. Renuka talks to Dr Amuthanila Kasianandan(GP and Advanced Trainee in Addiction Psychiatry, Townsville University Hospital) to understand the red flags for Murder-Suicide to help prevent future deaths in Australia. Part 02

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