Impact of the recent recession on self-harm: Longitudinal ecological and patient-level investigation from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 191, Issue , 2016, Pages 132-138

  Hawton, Keith ^a   Bergen, Helen ^a   Geulayov, Galit ^a   Waters, Keith ^b   Ness, Jennifer ^b   Cooper, Jayne ^c   Kapur, Navneet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life problems; Recession; Self harm; Unemployment; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DISEASES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCOME; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84949255142     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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