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Economic suicides in the Great Recession in Europe and North America
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There has been a substantial rise in 'economic suicides' in the Great Recessions afflicting Europe and North America. We estimate that the Great Recession is associated with at least 10 000 additional economic suicides between 2008 and 2010. A critical question for policy and psychiatric practice is whether these suicide rises are inevitable. Marked cross-national variations in suicides in the recession offer one clue that they are potentially avoidable. Job loss, debt and foreclosure increase risks of suicidal thinking. A range of interventions, from upstream return-to-work programmes through to antidepressant prescriptions may help mitigate suicide risk during economic downturn.
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- Authors
- Reeves, A., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Reeves, Aaron
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2014-09
- Volume
- 205
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 246-247
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2168788982
- Cited by
- 268
- References
- 10
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- 2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 52 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 7
- FWCI
- 38.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (100709)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Employment and Welfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- Great Recession, suicide risk, job loss, debt, foreclosure, suicidal ideation, antidepressant prescribing, economic downturn, cross-national variation, suicide prevention
- MeSH terms
- Europe, Humans, North America, Suicide, Unemployment, Economic Recession
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