Posts Tagged ‘economic crisis’
Economic Distress Prompts Suicide Call Increase
Friday, August 7th, 2009
The federal government through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, part of HHS) is funding an additional $1 million for 20 suicide prevention crisis centers dealing with significantly more calls from people in economic distress (about 25% of the 57,000 calls in July). The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which routes calls to about 140 crisis centers across the country, is
1-800-273-TALK / 1-800-273-8255
Tags: economic crisis, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, SAMHSA, suicide
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Bullying at Work Worsens for 5 Million Americans
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Thanks if you were one of the 456 June WBI Survey respondents, 99% of whom were individuals who had been bullied or witnessed it. We asked if bullying began after Sept 2008, the time when the economic global crisis suddenly was recognized. Our intuitive guess was that tough times escalate bullying.
27.5% did say that the bullying worsened (it was more abusive, severe or frequent) after Sept. and 37% of respondents said that employers blamed financial troubles on the economic downturn. You can read the results of the brief survey here.
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Tags: bullying prevalence, economic crisis, recession, recession and bullying, research, survey, WBI-Zogby
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