In a book to be released this month, professors David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu say suicide rates in both the U.S. and the U.K. increased after the end of 2007, which marked the beginning of the recession in the U.S. They calculate there were 4,750 “excess” suicides during the slump in the U.S., compared with average rates before the recession. For the U.K., they estimate a 1,000-suicide rise.
The book calculates there were 4,750 “excess” suicides during the slump in the U.S., compared with average rates before the recession. For the U.K., they estimate a 1,000-suicide rise. P
They also say use of antidepressant medicine rose 22 percent in the U.K. from 2007 to 2009. The number of Spanish patients with clinical symptoms of minor depression who visited doctors climbed to 48 percent of patients from 29 percent between 2006 and 2010.
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via Austerity Sparks Suicides When Recession Hits: Cutting Research – Bloomberg.
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