People living in disadvantaged cities are at greater risk of suicide

Monday, June 15, 2015 - 12:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The city where an individual lives can influence the risk of dying by suicide, according to a new study. The findings support classic sociological arguments that the risk of suicide is indeed influenced by the social climate and cannot simply be explained by the sum of individual characteristics, the researchers said.

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