TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Economic growth and suicide rate changes: A case in China from 1982 to 2005
JO  - European psychiatry
A1  - Zhang, Jian
A1  - Ma, Junlai
A1  - Jia, C.
A1  - Sun, Jinhua
A1  - Guo, X.
A1  - Xu, A.
A1  - Li, Wenjun
SP  - 159
EP  - 163
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVES: It is to estimate the trend of suicide rate changes during the past three decades in China and try to identify its social and economic correlates. METHODS: Official data of suicide rates and economic indexes during 1982-2005 from Shandong Province of China were analyzed. The suicide data were categorized for the rural / urban location and gender, and the economic indexes include GDP, GDP per capita, rural income, and urban income, all adjusted for inflation. RESULTS: We found a significant increase of economic development and decrease of suicide rates over the past decades under study. The suicide rate decrease is correlated with the tremendous growth of economy. CONCLUSION: The unusual decrease of Chinese suicide rates in the past decades is accounted for within the Chinese cultural contexts and maybe by the Strain Theory of Suicide.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0924-9338
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.07.013
ID  - ref1
ER  -