Suicide In The Workplace 'Contagious,' Swedish Study Suggests
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 22:28
in Psychology & Sociology
It has previously been known that the risk of suicide increases if a family member has taken his/her life. This connection is also confirmed in a new study from Stockholm University in Sweden and the University of Oxford. But the study also reveals something that was previously unknown: suicide in the workplace increases the risk of more people killing themselves. The contagious effect, which is statistically significant only in the case of men, is greater than that of suicide in the family, since more individuals are involved.