The Role of Economic News in Predicting Suicides
The Role of Economic News in Predicting Suicides is a scholarly work, published in 2024 in ''SSRN Electronic Journal''. The main subjects of the publication include criminology, suicide, psychology, and political science. The authors find that highly negative comments on the economic situation in newspaper articles are predictors of higher suicide numbers, especially when using words conveying stronger emotions of fear and despair.