Structural determinants of suicide during the global financial crisis in Spain: Integrating explanations to understand a complex public health problem.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Suicide is a complex public health problem in contemporary societies. Macroeconomic downturns derived from the economic crisis have been found to be associated with growing suicide mortality in the United States and in Europe. The present work is aimed to assess the association between the recent economic downturns and suicide patterns using interrupted time series analysis and, particularly, adjusting this relationship by indicators of social cohesion and community values that might provide additional insights on the complex explanation of suicidal trends.

Methods

We combined suicide, social and economic data extracted from the National Statistics Institute (INE), the Eurostat database, and the World Values Survey to assess the association between the socio-eco

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Galvez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920348 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature