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The Relationship Between the Economy and Suicide

The Relationship Between the Economy and Suicide

“The current world economic crisis has led to increased media and personal interest in the relationship between the economy and suicide. There is a clear and direct relationship between rates of unemployment and suicide. The peak rate of suicide in 1933 occurred one year after the total US unemployment rate reached 25% of the labor force. Similar findings have been documented internationally. At the individual level, unemployed individuals have between two and four times the suicide rate of those employed.”


  

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http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=254&name=DLFE-437.pdf

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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Health, Illness, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Mental Illness, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, PTSD, Relationships, Sadness, Sexual Abuse, Starting Over, Truth Be Told.