title: Self-harm and unemployment.
abstract: Unemployment is an important variable in both suicide and attempted suicide, acts that are themselves woven from a complex tapestry of interacting factors. The manner in which being unemployed leads to acts of self-destruction can often be better understood from detailed case histories than from the cold fruits of epidemiological research.
authors.affiliation: Newcastle Hospital, Greystones, Co Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: O'Shea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000850:Anomie; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data