Suicide rates have increased following the global banking crisis, according to research published in The Lancet (9 July 2011).
The BBC (8 July 2011) reports that there has been an increase in suicides of between 5% and 17% in nine countries.
Researchers compared data of 10 countries with only Austria recording a drop in suicide rates between 2007-2009. The UK saw a 10% rise, with 6.75 suicides per 100,000 people. Greece had the worst record.
Dr David Stuckler of the research team comments: "There was a complete turnaround. Suicides were falling before the recession, then started rising in nearly all European countries studied. Almost certainly these rises are linked to the financial crisis."
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