Socioeconomic change and suicide: A time-series study from the Republic of Ireland

Crisis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-94

  Lucey, Siobhán ^a   Corcoran, Paul ^a,b,e,f   Keeley, Helen S ^c,g,h   Brophy, Justin ^d,i   Arensman, Ella ^b   Perry, Ivan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^c Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services   (Ireland)

^d Newcastle Hospital   (Ireland)

^e National Suicide Review Group

^f CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE   (Ireland)

^g Irish Central Statistics Office ^*  (Ireland)

^h TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Irish Psychiatrists Association   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Socioeconomic change; Suicide; Time series; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUICIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUICIDE;

EID: 22544461617     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.26.2.90     Document Type: Article

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