Economic Analysis of Suicide Prevention Towards Evidence-Based Policy-Making

This book examines the causes and consequences of suicide from the perspective of economics. The approach here differs from those in medical, psychiatric, epidemiological, and sociological studies of suicide and is thus novel in a way that highlights the importance of economic and institutional sett...

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Autor principal: Sawada, Yasuyuki (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Ueda, Michiko, autor (autor), Matsubayashi, Tetsuya, autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer 2017.
Colección:Economy and Social Inclusion, Creating a Society for All,
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b36136566*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part I Why policy interventions by the government are necessary
  • 2 Rationale Behind Suicide Prevention Policies
  • 3 Socioeconomic Causes of Suicide
  • 4 Natural Disasters and Suicide
  • 5 Suicide Among Adolescents and Young Individuals
  • 6 Railway Suicide in Japan
  • Part II Prevention policies for reducing suicides
  • 7 Government partisanship and suicide
  • 8 Economic and Welfare Policies and Suicide
  • 9 The Consequences of Government Suicide Prevention Programs.