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The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe: an empirical analysis
David Stuckler,David Stuckler,Sanjay Basu,Sanjay Basu,Marc Suhrcke,Adam Coutts,Michael McKee,Michael McKee +7 more
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Rises in unemployment are associated with significant short-term increases in premature deaths from intentional violence, while reducing traffic fatalities, and active labour market programmes that keep and reintegrate workers in jobs could mitigate some adverse health effects of economic downturns.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2009-07-25. It has received 1294 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Unemployment & Mortality rate.read more
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Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe
Marina Karanikolos,Marina Karanikolos,Philipa Mladovsky,Jonathan Cylus,Sarah Thomson,Sanjay Basu,David Stuckler,Johan P. Mackenbach,Martin McKee,Martin McKee +9 more
TL;DR: Although there are many potentially confounding differences between countries, the analysis suggests that the interaction of fiscal austerity with economic shocks and weak social protection is what ultimately seems to escalate health and social crises in Europe.
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Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Gunnell,Louis Appleby,Ella Arensman,Keith Hawton,Ann John,Nav Kapur,Murad M. Khan,Rory C. O'Connor,Jane Pirkis,Eric D. Caine,Lai Fong Chan,Shu-Sen Chang,Ying-Yeh Chen,Helen Christensen,Rakhi Dandona,Michael Eddleston,Annette Erlangsen,Jill M. Harkavy-Friedman,Olivia J. Kirtley,Duleeka Knipe,Duleeka Knipe,Flemming Konradsen,Shiwei Liu,Sally McManus,Lars Mehlum,Matthew J. Miller,Paul Moran,Jacqui Morrissey,Christine Moutier,Thomas Niederkrotenthaler,Merete Nordentoft,Siobhan O'Neill,Andrew Page,Michael Phillips,Steve Platt,Maurizio Pompili,Ping Qin,Mohsen Rezaeian,Morton M. Silverman,Mark Sinyor,Steven Stack,Ellen Townsend,Gustavo Turecki,Lakshmi Vijayakumar,Paul S. F. Yip +44 more
TL;DR: The promise of targeting the inflammation pathway in the management of this challenging condition is today somewhat weaker, but this might not be the last word on the potential role of anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of bipolar depression.
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Social determinants of mental health
TL;DR: It is of major importance that action is taken to improve the conditions of everyday life, beginning before birth and progressing into early childhood, older childhood and adolescence, during family building and working ages, and through to older age, to reduce inequalities in physical health and improve health overall.
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Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response.
TL;DR: Several mechanisms through which the pandemic response is likely to affect health are summarised: economic effects, social isolation, family relationships, health related behaviours, disruption to essential services, disrupted education, transport and green space, social disorder, and psychosocial effects.
Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions
Peter Craig,Cyrus Cooper,David Gunnell,Sally Haw,Kenny D Lawson,Sally Macintyre,David Ogilvie,Mark Petticrew,Barnaby C Reeves,Matt Sutton,Simon G. Thompson +10 more
TL;DR: New guidance from the Medical Research Council is introduced to help researchers and users, funders and publishers of research evidence make the best use of natural experimental approaches to evaluating population health interventions.
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