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Parasuicide and Unemployment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Platt
S. Platt*
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MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH 10 5HF
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The current economic recession in Europe and North America has led to a renewal of interest in the possible consequences of mass unemployment for the nation's health. This annotation assesses the relationship between unemployment and one indicator of morbidity: parasuicide (non-fatal deliberate self-harm). A previously published review of the literature is supplemented by more recent research, particularly from Edinburgh and Oxford.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 401 - 405
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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