Joanne?Marie Cairns|Eva Graham|Clare Bambra
Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour in Europe: A systematic review
United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration|Newcastle University|Douglas Mental Health University Institute|McGill University|United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration|Newcastle University
relationship adverse individual socioeconomic circumstances suicidal behaviour well established however impact adverse collective circumstances socioeconomic context people live less well understood systematic review explores extent arealevel socioeconomic disadvantage associated inequalities suicidal behaviour selfharm europe performed systematic review medline embase psycinfo econlit social sciences citation index 2005 2015 observational studies included based europe primary suicidal behaviour selfharm outcome compared least two areas included arealevel measure socioeconomic disadvantage published english language review followed joanna briggs institute guidelines quality appraisal identified 27 studies 30 papers 14 different european countries significant association 2527 studies rated medium high quality socioeconomic disadvantage suicidal behaviour selfharm particularly men consistent finding across variety european countries socioeconomic disadvantage found independent effect several studies whilst others found evidence mediating contextual compositional factors strong evidence association suicidal behaviours selfharm arealevel socioeconomic disadvantage europe particularly men suicide prevention strategies take account