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Suicide Attributed to Work
Author(s) -
Brodsky Carroll M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1977.tb00893.x
Subject(s) - commit , work (physics) , compensation (psychology) , unemployment , psychology , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , psychiatry , medical emergency , criminology , medicine , social psychology , political science , law , economics , engineering , economic growth , mechanical engineering , database , computer science
Workers' compensation laws provide death benefits for the survivors of those who commit suicide as a result of a work‐incurred physical or psychological injury. A study of claims resulting from suicidal acts reveals that included in the indicted work conditions were sudden changes in organization, conflict of loyalties resulting from work change, reactions to pain and suffering following a physical work injury, and the economic and status deprivation resulting from disability and unemployment. Those treating subjects whose jobs were the sources of stress failed to recognize their patients' desperation and urged them to stay at their jobs.