Abstract
First coined in the United States, ‘Deaths of despair’ refer to mortality due to suicides, alcohol-related mortality and drug overdoses (Case and Deaton, 2017). Deaths from these combined conditions are approximately double the suicide rate alone and may represent a more comprehensive picture of adverse outcomes from psychological morbidity (Figure 1). In contrast to the declining rates of all-cause mortality in high-income countries, those from ‘Deaths of despair’ have remained steady or even increased, particularly in the United States...
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 517-518 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 15 Mar 2021 |
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Publication status | Published - May 2021 |
Keywords
- public policy
- health policy
- mental health