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01-08-2013 | Short Communication

Trends in suicidality amid the economic crisis in Greece

Authors: Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis, Christos Savopoulos, Melina Siamouli, Eleni Zaggelidou, Stamatia Mageiria, Apostolos Iacovides, Apostolos I. Hatzitolios

Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Issue 5/2013

Abstract

For the decade 2000–2010, suicidal rates appear to be both low and stable in Greece and unrelated to the socioeconomic environment. It is highly possible that the recent crisis caused a significant increase in dysphoria, stress, depression and maybe suicidal ideation in the general population, but completed suicides do not seem to have increased so far. Measures are needed to make sure there will be no increase in completed suicides in the near future, since historically, periods of socioeconomic instability might be related to increased suicidality. Community interventions reduce stigma and enhance help-seeking. However, only those including the creation of social support networks are essential in the fight against suicidality.

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Title: Trends in suicidality amid the economic crisis in Greece
Authors: Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis
Christos Savopoulos
Melina Siamouli
Eleni Zaggelidou
Stamatia Mageiria
Apostolos Iacovides
Apostolos I. Hatzitolios
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-012-0385-9

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