“Mental health crises encountered increasingly in the everyday work of the police”. The report adds to an existing 18 point list

On November 3, 2025, the Finnish Police reported that suicide attemps has increased by 58% between 2015 – 2024. Suicide's took a big leap in 2020, after acting prime minister Sanna Marin and her cabinet opted to ignore the experts and lock down Nyland. This report adds to an 18 point list which has been reported by Finnish government arms and organizations. One possible explanation for this chain of events can be malnutrition.

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On November 3, 2025, the Finnish Police reported that suicide attemps has increased by 58% between 2015 – 2024. Suicide's took a big leap in 2020 (YleNew, 2020), after acting prime minister Sanna Marin and her cabinet, Katri Kulmuni (Centern), Maria Ohisalo (Gröna), Li Andersson (Vänsterförbundet) and Anna-Maja Henriksson (Swedish folkpartiet), opted to ignore the experts and lock down Nyland, the county where the capital of Finland recides. A few month later, Finnish media reported a 15% increase in suicide (Yle News, 2020)

“According to police statistics, there were 11,619 suicide attempts or threats of suicide in 2015, 14,933 in 2020 and 18,443 in 2024. It is noteworthy that, according to the assessment of the police, the persons involved in these assignments have been under the influence of intoxicants in more than half of the cases”.

Link to source. This adds to an 18 point list of things reported by Finnish government arms and organizations:

1. Finland is marked by Tribalism (Pagel, 2019).
   
   
2. Women's relation aggressiveness (psychological domestic violence) is the big challenge (Helsingfors Police Department, April, 2022).
   
   
3. School is at rock bottom – Too many Finnish kids fail reading comprehension and numeracy (the foundation for rational thinking (Stanovich, 2011, 2016) (The ministry for education and culture, May, 2022). Why? see point 2.
   
   
4. 20% of children and young people born in 1997 or later have mental challenges (Pekkarinen, November 2022).
   
   
5. Between 2007 – 2022: Finland has had a fiscal deficiency (lost money every year); Sweden had a fiscal surplus (earn money every year (Harald, HBL; 2022).
   
   
6. The research at the University of Helsingfors has, and I quote, collapsed (Bäckgren, 2023).
   
   
7. Finland has the highest prevalence of Alzheimer's/dementia in the world: inland has the highest prevalence of Alzheimer's/dementia in the world:

   “The country with the most cases of Alzheimer's Disease is Finland. There are 54.65 cases of Alzheimer's for every 100,000 people in this country. These numbers and statistics put Finland in the extremely high occurrence and high prevalence range for the disease. Interestingly, females are much more likely to have Alzheimer's in Finland than males. For every 100,000 people, Alzheimer's impacts 55.32 females compared to just 52.10 males” (WPR).

8. Finland's rate of Alzheimers is twice as high as neighboring Sweden:
   
   19.9% of Finns who die, die of Dementia, and in particular Alzheimer's disease.
   
   

   

   Prevalence of welfare diseases in Finland.

   
   Among Swedes who die, 9.8% die of Dementia/Alzheimers.
   
   

   

   Prevalence of welfare diseases in Sweden.

   
   
   
   
9. Psychological domestic violence (relational aggressiveness) and lethal violence against small kids has increased (Pekkarinen, November, 2023). Why? see point 2.
   
10. Finland has the highest prevalence of depression within the EU (Estlander, November 2023).
    
    
11. 40% of Finnish schoolchildren are victims of psychological violence in the home (Estlander, November 2023). Psychological domestic violence = relational aggressiveness, which is typically female.
    
    
12. The working climate in Finnish workplaces is poor (Helsinki Times, februari, 2024).
    
    
13. At the Summer Olympics in Paris, Finland took home 0 medals. Sweden: 11 medals (one per million).
    
    
14. 50% of Finnish women and 33% of Finnish men, over 45 years of age, are expected to suffer from a serious brain disease (Finnish Brain Foundation, 2024). They meant Alzheimer's/Dementia.

    “One in two women and one in three men over the age of 45 will develop a serious brain disease during the rest of their lives.
    
    Indirectly, the disease affects even more people – family members, friends and colleagues”.

    
    
    
    
15. Entrepreneurship and innovation thinking are at rock bottom. Why is Sweden doing so much better? (Sitra, December 10, 2024).
    
    
16. Schools have challenges – children are not able to cope with reading comprehension and numeracy (Ministry of Education and Culture, April, 2025). Same as 2022. Why? see point 2.
    
    
17. 73% of Finnish women and 70% of Finnish men are expected to receive a diagnosis of mental/psychiatric illness (University of Helsinki, July, 2025).
    
    
18. Finland's economy is back to 1996 levels (Orpo, July 26, 2025).

One possible explanation for this chain of events can be malnutrition. On March 2020, Finlands institute for Welfare and Health (THL), currently with Mika Salminen at the helm, prided themselves for convincing Finns to reduce their consumtion of butter and salt, both crucial for health. Especially mental health.

My take on food and health: Nutrition psychology. A list of nine popular science articles about food for physical and mental health (2019 – 2024)

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