@article{ref1,
title="Financial loss and suicidal ideation in a rural community sample",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2002",
author="Turvey, C. and Stromquist, Ann and Kelly, Katharine and Zwerling, Craig S. and Merchant, J.",
volume="106",
number="5",
pages="373-380",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation in a community-based rural sample. METHOD: The sample was a random sample of people living in a single county in Iowa. Participants aged 18 or older (n=1617) were asked about suicidal ideation in the past year as well as mood, alcohol use, social support, and stressful life events. RESULTS: About 8.2% of the sample reported suicidal ideation. Depressive symptoms, problems resulting from alcohol use, infrequent social contact and financial loss characterized the suicidal group. CONCLUSION: Depressive symptoms were the strongest correlate of suicidal ideation in this rural sample. In the multivariate analysis, financial loss rather than low income remained a significant correlate of suicidal ideation after controlling for depression. This suggests that change in financial status rather than chronic poverty poses a risk for suicidal ideation.",
language="",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}