Government Document
Dying from inequality: Socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour. Summary report 2017.
Platt, S., Stace, S., & Morrissey, J. (eds.)
There is no single reason why people take their own lives. Suicide is a complex and multi-faceted behaviour, resulting from a wide range of psychological, social, economic and cultural risk factors which interact and increase an individual’s level of risk. Socioeconomic disadvantage is a key risk factor for suicidal behaviour, and this report seeks to explain the reasons why.