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

• Main Authors: Sawada, Yasuyuki (Author), Ueda, Michiko (Author), Matsubayashi, Tetsuya (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Economy and Social Inclusion, Creating a Society for All,
• Subjects: Social policy.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Social service.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Economics.; Social Policy.; Health Economics.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Social Work and Community Development.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

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...