The effects of climate change on suicide rates
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In warmer temperatures suicide rates increase, leading to concerns about an uptick in suicides as the globe continues to warm.
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Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States
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Temporal displacement, adaptation and the effect of climate on
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Effects of increased minimum wages by unemployment rate on suicide
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Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women's health
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Air pollution and suicide in rural and urban America: Evidence
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Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States
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Climate Change Indicators: Heat-Related Deaths
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Frontiers The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health: A
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The effect of average temperature on suicide rates in five urban
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What We Know About the Connection Between Climate Change and
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Increases in Depression, Self‐Harm, and Suicide Among U.S.