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| Title: | Relationship of suicide rates to economic variables in Europe : 2000-2011 |
| Authors: | Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N. Kawohl, Wolfram Theodorakis, Pavlos N. Kerkhof, Ad J.F.M. Navickas, Alvydas Höschl, Cyril Lecic-Tosevski, Dusica Sorel, Eliot Rancans, Elmars Palova, Eva Juckel, Georg Isacsson, Goran Korosec Jagodic, Helena Botezat-Antonescu, Ileana Warnke, Ingeborg Rybakowski, Janusz Azorin, Jean Michel Cookson, John Waddington, John Pregelj, Peter Demyttenaere, Koen Hranov, Luchezar G. Injac Stevovic, Lidija Pezawas, Lucas Adida, Marc Figuera, Maria Luisa Pompili, Maurizio Jakovljević, Miro Vichi, Monica Perugi, Giulio Andrasen, Ole Vukovic, Olivera Mavrogiorgou, Paraskevi Varnik, Peeter Bech, Per Dome, Peter Winkler, Petr Salokangas, Raimo K.R. From, Tiina Danileviciute, Vita Gonda, Xenia Rihmer, Zoltan Forsman Benhalima, Jonas Grady, Anne Kloster Leadholm, Anne Katrine Soendergaard, Susan Nordt, Carlos Lopez-Ibor, Juan Department of Psychiatry and Narcology |
| Keywords: | 3.3 Health sciences;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Psychiatry and Mental health;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being;SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| Issue Date: | 1-Dec-2014 |
| Citation: | Fountoulakis , K N , Kawohl , W , Theodorakis , P N , Kerkhof , A J F M , 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 , J M , Cookson , J , Waddington , J , Pregelj , P , Demyttenaere , K , Hranov , L G , Injac Stevovic , L , Pezawas , L , Adida , M , Figuera , M L , Pompili , M , Jakovljević , M , Vichi , M , Perugi , G , Andrasen , O , Vukovic , O , Mavrogiorgou , P , Varnik , P , Bech , P , Dome , P , Winkler , P , Salokangas , R K R , From , T , Danileviciute , V , Gonda , X , Rihmer , Z , Forsman Benhalima , J , Grady , A , Kloster Leadholm , A K , Soendergaard , S , Nordt , C & Lopez-Ibor , J 2014 , ' Relationship of suicide rates to economic variables in Europe : 2000-2011 ' , British Journal of Psychiatry , vol. 205 , no. 6 , pp. 486-496 . https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147454 |
| Abstract: | Background: It is unclear whether there is a direct link between economic crises and changes in suicide rates. Aims: The Lopez-Ibor Foundation launched an initiative to study the possible impact of the economic crisis on European suicide rates. Method: Data 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. Results: There 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. Conclusions: Overall, 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. |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147454 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1250 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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