A painful economic recession, rising unemployment and biting
austerity measures may have already driven more than 1,000 people in Britain to
commit suicide, according to a scientific study published on Wednesday.
The study, a so-called time-trend analysis which compared
the actual number of suicides with those expected if pre-recession trends had
continued, reflects findings elsewhere in Europe where suicides are also on the
rise.
"This a grim reminder after the euphoria of the Olympics of the
challenges we face and those that lie ahead," said David Stuckler, a
sociologist at Cambridge University who co-led the study, published in the
British Medical Journal (BMJ). (Read further: Source)
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