20 Percent Of Suicides Due To Unemployment: Study
"Therefore, suicides associated with unemployment totalled a nine-fold higher number of deaths than excess suicides attributed to the most recent economic crisis," Nordt explained.
The impact of a change in unemployment on suicide was stronger in countries with a lower rather than with a higher pre-crisis unemployment rate.
Therefore, according to the researchers, investments in programmes that integrate people in the job market and promote a healthy work climate are also essential in countries with comparably lower unemployment rates.
These striking findings suggest that suicide prevention strategies need to target the negative health effects of unemployment in times of economic stability as well as during recession.
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