title: Parasuicide and unemployment.
abstract: The current economic recession in Europe and North America has led to a renewal of interest in the possible consequences of mass unemployment for the nation's health. This annotation assesses the relationship between unemployment and one indicator of morbidity: parasuicide (non-fatal deliberate self-harm). A previously published review of the literature is supplemented by more recent research, particularly from Edinburgh and Oxford.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012606:Scotland; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014478:Unemployment