Climate rather than economic variables might have caused increase in US homicide but not suicide rates during the Great Depression - Fountoulakis KN, Fountoulakis NK.

BACKGROUND: It is widely believed that during the Great Depression (1929-1933) there was a rise in suicidal rates which was causally related to the increase in unemployment. There are no studies on the effect the Great Depression had on homicidal rates MET...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news