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First reliable data suggest a possible increase in suicides in Greece
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f4900 (Published 06 August 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f4900
- Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, assistant professor of psychiatry1,
- Sotirios A Koupidis, medical doctor2,
- Ilias A Grammatikopoulos, psychiatrist3,
- Pavlos N Theodorakis, adjunct professor, Open University of Cyprus, and chairman, advisory board4
- 1Third Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 55535 Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2Social Cooperative “New Horizons”, Corfu Mental Health Sector, Corfu, Greece
- 3Veria, Greece
- 4Social Cooperative, 8th Athens Mental Health Sector, Greece
- kfount{at}med.auth.gr
Arie recently reported that suicide and murder rates rose by 22.7% between 2007 and 2009 in Greece as a consequence of austerity.1 Previously, the Greek Ministry of Health announced that the annual suicide rate might have increased by 40% and other authors reported a 17% increase in suicide rates during 2008-09.2 3 However, data from the …
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