Collective levels of stigma and national suicide rates in 25 European countries

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-171

  Schomerus, G ^a,b   Evans Lacko, S ^c   Rusch N ^d   Mojtabai, R ^e   Angermeyer, M C ^f,g   Thornicroft, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b HELIOS Hanseklinikum Stralsund   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^g Center for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Eurobarometer; social distance; suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRIA; BULGARIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; PORTUGAL; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STIGMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84988269599     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796014000109     Document Type: Article

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