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Increase in state suicide rates in the USA during economic recession
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Metadata
- Authors
- Reeves, A., Stuckler, D., McKee, M., Gunnell, D., Chang, S.-S., & Basu, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Reeves, Aaron
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-11
- Volume
- 380
- Issue
- 9856
- Pages
- 1813-1814
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W1969568002
- Cited by
- 347
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 34.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (RP-PG-0610-10026)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Employment and Welfare Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- suicide rates, economic recession, mental health, excess mortality, United States
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Suicide, Unemployment, United States, Economic Recession
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