Relationship of suicide rates to economic variables in Europe: 2000-2011

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 486-496

  Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^a   Kawohl, Wolfram ^b   Theodorakis, Pavlos N ^c   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^d   Navickas, Alvydas ^e   Höschl, Cyril ^f   Lecic Tosevski, Dusica ^g   Sorel, Eliot ^h   Rancans, Elmars ⁱ   Palova, Eva ^j   Juckel, Georg ^k   Isacsson, Goran ^l   Korosec Jagodic, Helena ^m   Botezat Antonescu, Ileana ⁿ   Warnke, Ingeborg ^b   Rybakowski, Janusz ^o   Azorin, Jean Michel ^p   Cookson, John ^q   Waddington, John ^r   Pregelj, Peter ^s   Demyttenaere, Koen ^t   Hranov, Luchezar G ^u   Injac Stevovic, Lidija ^v   Pezawas, Lucas ^w   Adida, Marc ^p   Figuera, Maria Luisa ^x   Pompili, Maurizio ^y   Jakovljević, Miro ^z   Vichi, Monica ^aa   Perugi, Giulio ^ab   Andrasen, Ole ^ac   Vukovic, Olivera ^g   Mavrogiorgou, Paraskevi ^k   Varnik, Peeter ^ad   Bech, Per ^ae   Dome, Peter ^af   Winkler, Petr ^f   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^ag   From, Tiina ^ag   Danileviciute, Vita ^ah   Gonda, Xenia ^af,ai   Rihmer, Zoltan ^af,ai   Forsman Benhalima, Jonas ^l   Grady, Anne ^r   Kloster Leadholm, Anne Katrine ^ac,aj   Soendergaard, Susan ^ah   Nordt, Carlos ^ak   Lopez Ibor, Juan ^al   more..

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c Mental Health Hospitals Trust of Attica Dafni and Dromokaiteio   (Greece)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^j Department of Urology University Hospital   (Slovakia)

^k RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m Psychiatric Hospital Vojnik   (Slovenia)

ⁿ National Mental Health Center and Anti drug   (Romania)

^o POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^p HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^q EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^r ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^s UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^w MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^y SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^z KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^aa ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^ad Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute   (Estonia)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^af SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^ah University Medical Faculty Psychiatric Clinic   (Lithuania)

^ai NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^aj OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^al UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; MALE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84916605589     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147454     Document Type: Article

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