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Increased youth suicides in Sweden especially those with disability

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Suicides and serious suicide attempts among young people in Sweden is on the increase. Most of those more vulnerable are young people and particularly those with disabilities and reduced working capacity.

This comes from a report from Kristina Alexandersson, professor of social insurance, made to the Swedish Parliamentary Social Insurance Commission.

"This is indeed a terrible situation. Suicide affects very many people around," said Kristina Alexandersson, in an interview with radio Sweden and adds "Young adults with low activity - risk of suicide attempts and suicide in reality is on the rise."

Young people are those who are taking their lives more around the country. Suicides decrease in the other age groups within the country's population structure. Kristina Alexandersson's report shows that young people with disabilities and reduced working capacity are those hard hit and then followed by those who receive activity support compensation from the government or what could be called jobs seekers allowances.

The result is frightening. During the measurement period, that is between 1995 and 2010 more than doubled the number of young people were taking early retirement - from work, between 5000 and 12000. That same time quadrupled the number of serious suicide attempts from 115 to 460.

The number who managed to take their lives increased from 10 to 45, among those aged 19-23 year olds are those who received disability allowance.

Both healthcare and Social insurance officials known that these young people with activity support are particularly vulnerable to both suicide and serious suicide attempts as are aware that their numbers have increased so much. Suicide and suicide attempts is a marker of serious mental illness, according to Professor Kristina Alexandersson.

Though economic issue clearly stood out it was found in the report that increase youth joblessness and particularly increased unemployment amount the disable community could be the trigger of the mental breakdown and thus suicide risk.

by scancomark.com Team

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