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Discussing suicidal thoughts in primary care.

Beurs, D. de, Donker, G. Discussing suicidal thoughts in primary care. In: The World Book of Family Medicine - Iberoamericana Edition 2016
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Since 2008, suicide rates have been rising. The rise is mainly explained by the economic crisis (6) . Suicidal behaviour is the end result of the complex interaction between vulnerability, stressors and the feeling of entrapment (5) . Due to the crisis, more people are feeling entrapped. They lost their job, have financial problems, and have become more hopeless of the future. Especially middle aged males have been vulnerable to experiences of loss.