Citation

O'Shea B. Hosp. Med. 2000; 61(7): 495-498.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Mark Allen Publishing)

DOI

10.12968/hosp.2000.61.7.1381

PMID

11091806

Abstract

Unemployment is an important variable in both suicide and attempted suicide, acts that are themselves woven from a complex tapestry of interacting factors. The manner in which being unemployed leads to acts of self-destruction can often be better understood from detailed case histories than from the cold fruits of epidemiological research.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Anomie; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders/complications; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Suicide/ethnology/*psychology; Unemployment/*psychology/statistics & numerical data