Suicide Among the Unemployed: How Bad is It?

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The 14.6 million people out of work in the U.S. are cause to pay attention to another troubling statistic: the fact the jobless commit suicide at two to three times the rate of the national average. At the Washington Independent, Annie Lowrey takes a look at the little-understood linkage and how it’s manifesting itself in online forum posting by those desperate for help. (via the Washington Independent)