DISINFO: More mentally ill people in Moldova now than in the Soviet period
SUMMARY
Why today there are one and a half to two times more mentally ill people in Moldova than in Soviet Moldova? Blame inflation, high prices, the coming cold winter and events in Ukraine.
RESPONSE
Recurring the pro-Kremlin narratives against the pro-European authorities in Moldova, accused of making people’s lives worse because of refusing to ask Russia for a better price for gas, but also for supporting Ukraine in front of Russian aggression.
In fact, the number of people with mental disorders in Moldova is decreasing, says the Ministry of Health. In 1981 (Soviet period), 109,856 people were registered, including the Transnistrian region. Now there are 70,955 people registered with mental disorders, excluding the Transnistrian region, which is not controlled by Moldovan authorities. It is also false to say that people have become mentally ill in recent months, when inflation has increased in Moldova and people are afraid of the cold and the war in Ukraine. Specialists say that in these circumstances symptoms of depressive states may appear, but not mental illnesses. More debunking details on StopFals.md.
See here a similar case presenting Moldovan authorities as hostile to their own population and ready to involve foreign troops against it.