The financial crisis that swept Europe almost certainly led to an increase in suicides, according to health experts' research.
Researchers say that when the rate of unemployment rose, suicide rates immediately increased in nine of the ten countries they studied between 2007 and 2009.
The analysts say that countries facing the most severe cuts and debts including Greece and Ireland, had greater rises in suicide, medical journal The Lancet reported.
The team of researchers, who took their mortality rate data from the World Health Organisation, say that the key to combating the rise is investment in welfare systems, efforts to improve labour opportunities and strong social support networks.
U.S. and UK experts used complete data from 'new' EU states - ones that joined after 2004 - Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, and Romania.
They also took data from old EU states - ones that were members before 2004 - Austria, Finland, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Dr David Stuckler, who worked on the report, wrote in The Lancet: 'These findings reveal the rapidity of the health consequences of financial crises.'Read More
The analysts say that countries facing the most severe cuts and debts including Greece and Ireland, had greater rises in suicide, medical journal The Lancet reported.
The team of researchers, who took their mortality rate data from the World Health Organisation, say that the key to combating the rise is investment in welfare systems, efforts to improve labour opportunities and strong social support networks.
U.S. and UK experts used complete data from 'new' EU states - ones that joined after 2004 - Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, and Romania.
They also took data from old EU states - ones that were members before 2004 - Austria, Finland, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Dr David Stuckler, who worked on the report, wrote in The Lancet: 'These findings reveal the rapidity of the health consequences of financial crises.'Read More
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