One in five suicides is associated with unemployment
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 09:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Every year, around 45,000 people take their own lives because they are out of work or someone close to them is affected by unemployment, as a new study reveals. It includes data of 63 countries and demonstrates that during the 2008 economic crisis the number of all suicides associated with unemployment was nine times higher than previously believed.