Suicide risk among low-income household members suffering from depression: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Depression and suicide risk among low-income individuals not only share common epidemiological patterns but may also be driven by underlying bidirectional mechanisms. On one hand, the social causation hypothesis suggests that financial stress, food insecurity, and unstable housing significantly increase the risk of developing depression. On the other hand, the social drift hypothesis indicates that depression often leads to impaired occupational functioning, job loss, and financial decline, creating a feedback loop where poverty exacerbates depression, and depression, in turn, perpetuates poverty. In this context, we hypothesized that depressed patients from low-income backgrounds would have a higher propensity for suicide, as the risk may arise both because of poverty and as a consequence

SUBMITTER: Sung C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12517877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature