Health and Fitness

Financial Crisis to Blame for Increased Suicides in Italy

Image of an Italian bank note (stock image)

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012.  The global financial crisis has contributed to an increase in the rates of suicide and attempted suicide for economic reasons in Italy, new research shows.

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A team of researchers, co-led by Roberto De Vogli, associate professor of health behavior and health education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health,

looked at data from 2000-10 and found an increase in suicides and attempted suicides for economic reasons during the…

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