Financial Crises

Introduction: A growing body of research evidence from countries around the world indicates that economic recession is associated with increases in suicide, particularly in males of working age. Aim: To explore the impact of the economic crisis on the growth of global suicide. Sub-goal of the study is to investigate the mediators affected by the economic crisis and lead to suicide. Specifically, years 201 8 and 2019 are the most recent periods of a long-term recessio n when people were used to this situation. The rese a ch rs of this study found great interest on the way suicidal ity rates behave after a condition of social stabil ity. Material and Method: This is a systematic review. The search was conduct e in Pubmed, Cohrane and Cinahl databases. The key words used, were: «financial cri sis» and «suicide»with several combinations. We inc luded quantitative articles that were published in the En glish language from 2018 to 2019 concerning economi c recession and suicide. Results: From the initial search, 223 articles were found. 4 3 articles were rejected after reviewing the title and other 26 articles which did not meet the inclusion criteria. After detailed review, 13 relevant articl es were retrieved. Conclusions: It seems that there are some interventions that are beli ved to improve the negative psychological effects of the economic recession on the population , most of which require action at the governmental level to prevent suicide. Policymakers have been activated t o take evidence-based effective measures for the pr omotion of public health in the context of the economic dow nturn. Key-words: Financial crisis, recession, suicide, crises.