Suicide and mental health problems among Swedish youth in the wake of the 1990s recession

The purpose of this explorative study is to bring together a variety of Swedish data sources with indicators of youth mental health and living conditions in order to illuminate trends during the last decades, elucidate possible determinants of mental ill health and develop hypotheses to explain the...

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Published in:International journal of social welfare 2000-07, Vol.9 (3), p.211-219
Main Authors: Hagquist, Curt, Silburn, S. R., Zurbrick, S. R., Lindberg, G., Ringbäck Weitoft, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Depression (Economics)
Economic Conditions
Economic Factors
Folkhälsovetenskap
Living conditions
Mental Health
Public Health Science
recession
Social welfare
Suicide
Sweden
Unemployment
Youth
Youth Employment
Youth unemployment
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Summary:The purpose of this explorative study is to bring together a variety of Swedish data sources with indicators of youth mental health and living conditions in order to illuminate trends during the last decades, elucidate possible determinants of mental ill health and develop hypotheses to explain the observed trend patterns. The analyses in the study reveal some surprising inconsistencies with respect to the mental health trends among young people during the 1990s. Most striking is the pattern of increasing youth unemployment coinciding with almost inverse trends in the rates of suicide. The secular trends in fatal suicides during this period do not show any increase but some actual decrease in sub‐populations despite high sustained levels of unemployment. In contrast, survey data indicate that the general mental health of youth during this period appears to have deteriorated.
ISSN:1369-6866
1468-2397
1468-2397
DOI:10.1111/1468-2397.00130