Characteristics of people dying by suicide after job loss, financial difficulties and other economic stressors during a period of recession (2010-2011): A review of coroners' records

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 183, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-105

  Coope, Caroline ^a   Donovan, Jenny ^a   Wilson, Caroline ^a   Barnes, Maria ^a   Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Hollingworth, William ^a   Kapur, Nav ^b   Hawton, Keith ^c   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coroners' records; Economic recession; England; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CORONER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84929591167     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.045     Document Type: Article

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