1. Relationship of suicide rates to economic variables in Europe: 2000-2011
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Fountoulakis, Kn, Kawohl, W, Theodorakis, Pn, Kerkhof, Aj, Navickas, A, Höschl, C, Lecic Tosevski, D, Sorel, E, Rancans, E, Palova, E, Juckel, G, Isacsson, G, Korosec, Jagodic, H, Botezat Antonescu, I, Warnke, I, Rybakowski, J, Azorin, Jm, Cookson, J, Waddington, J, Pregelj, P, Demyttenaere, K, Hranov, Lg, Injac Stevovic, L, Pezawas, L, Adida, M, Figuera, Ml, Pompili, Maurizio, Jakovljević, M, Vichi, M, Perugi, G, Andrasen, O, Vukovic, O, Mavrogiorgou, P, Varnik, P, Bech, P, Dome, P, Winkler, P, Salokangas, Rk, From, T, Danileviciute, V, Gonda, X, Rihmer, Z, Forsman Benhalima, J, Grady, A, Kloster, Leadholm, Ak, Soendergaard, S, Nordt, C, Lopez Ibor, J., Clinical Psychology, and EMGO+ - Mental Health
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Adult ,Male ,Inflation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Internationality ,Adolescent ,Gross Domestic Product ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Statistics as Topic ,Poison control ,Suicide prevention ,Recession ,Gross domestic product ,03 medical and health sciences ,suicide rates ,economic variables ,Europe ,Sex Factors ,0302 clinical medicine ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Risk Factors ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Per capita ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Psychiatry ,media_common ,business.industry ,SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth ,Middle Aged ,ta3124 ,030227 psychiatry ,Suicide ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Economic Recession ,Unemployment ,8. Economic growth ,Female ,Demographic economics ,business - Abstract
BackgroundIt is unclear whether there is a direct link between economic crises and changes in suicide rates.AimsThe Lopez-Ibor Foundation launched an initiative to study the possible impact of the economic crisis on European suicide rates.MethodData was gathered and analysed from 29 European countries and included the number of deaths by suicide in men and women, the unemployment rate, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, the annual economic growth rate and inflation.ResultsThere was a strong correlation between suicide rates and all economic indices except GPD per capita in men but only a correlation with unemployment in women. However, the increase in suicide rates occurred several months before the economic crisis emerged.ConclusionsOverall, this study confirms a general relationship between the economic environment and suicide rates; however, it does not support there being a clear causal relationship between the current economic crisis and an increase in the suicide rate.
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- 2014
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