Author:

• Antonio Angelo Menezes Barreto - Barreto, A. A. M. - <aambarreto@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5917-9135

Co-author(s):

• Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza - de Souza, L. E. P. F. - <luiseugeniodesouza@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3273-8873

Abstract:

The current crisis of capitalism has a multiple character: economic, financial, social, environmental, cultural and political. In Brazil, the seriousness of the crisis is no different, and it can be explained as a result of the exhaustion of the neo-developmentalist model, as well as its inability to resist the global crisis. This study compares the mortality rate (MR) due to suicide according to the occupation status of Brazilians in the previous period and during the economic crisis. For this, the death records of the Brazilian population from 2011 to 2016 were used. The results show that, among the unemployed, the MR for suicide decreased from 2.66 deaths/100,000 in 2011 to 2.46 in 2016, while among the employed, it increased from 5.52 to 6.89 deaths/100.00 in the same period. We understand the complexity and multi-causality of the occurrence of suicide, knowing that it is a socially determined phenomenon, including the strategies that increase the exploitation of the workforce. Indeed, being busy at work can have a greater negative impact on the mental health of workers than being unemployed.

Keywords:

Crisis of capitalism; Economic crisis; Unemployment; Precariousness of work; Suicide.

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