@article{ref1,
title="Relationship of suicide rates to economic variables in Europe: 2000-2011",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="2014",
author="Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N. and Kawohl, Wolfram and Theodorakis, Pavlos N. and Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M. and Navickas, Alvydas and Höschl, Cyril and Lecić-Tosevski, Dusica and Sorel, Eliot and Rancāns, Elmars and Palova, Eva and Juckel, Georg and Isacsson, Göran and Korosec Jagodic, Helena and Botezat-Antonescu, Ileana and Warnke, Ingeborg and Rybakowski, Janusz and Azorin, Jean Michel and Cookson, John and Waddington, John and Pregelj, Peter and Demyttenaere, Koen and Hranov, Luchezar G. and Injac Stevovic, Lidija and Pezawas, Lucas and Adida, Marc and Figuera, Maria Luisa and Pompili, Maurizio and Jakovljević, Miro and Vichi, Monica and Perugi, Giulio and Andrasen, Ole and Vuković, Olivera and Mavrogiorgou, Paraskevi and Värnik, Peeter and Bech, Per and Döme, Peter and Winkler, Petr and Salokangas, Raimo K. R. and From, Tiina and Danileviciute, Vita and Gonda, Xenia and Rihmer, Zoltan and Forsman Benhalima, Jonas and Grady, Anne and Kloster Leadholm, Anne Katrine and Soendergaard, Susan and Nordt, Carlos and Lopez-Ibor, Juan",
volume="205",
number="6",
pages="486-496",
abstract="Background It is unclear whether there is a direct link between economic crises and changes in suicide rates. Aims The Lopez-Ibor Foundation launched an initiative to study the possible impact of the economic crisis on European suicide rates. <br><br>METHOD Data was gathered and analysed from 29 European countries and included the number of deaths by suicide in men and women, the unemployment rate, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, the annual economic growth rate and inflation. <br><br>RESULTS There was a strong correlation between suicide rates and all economic indices except GPD per capita in men but only a correlation with unemployment in women. However, the increase in suicide rates occurred several months before the economic crisis emerged. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS Overall, this study confirms a general relationship between the economic environment and suicide rates; however, it does not support there being a clear causal relationship between the current economic crisis and an increase in the suicide rate.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147454",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147454"
}