ormal social role and self-esteem leading to indignity, isolation, hopelessness, alcohol abuse and violence.[136] Unexpectedly, a recent Finnish study found more suicides in both men and women during a period of economic growth and a decrease during a recession.[137] In that study, suicide was not associated with unemployment or divorce, but it was related to alcohol abuse. Several recent studies have found unemployment to be associated with suicide, particularly in young persons.[27,88,138-142] As with marriage and having children, employment status can involve selection bias for absence or presence of factors known to be strongly related to suicide risk, including mental illness and substance abuse.[135] High suicide rates found in specific professional groups (including physicians and dentists) are unexplained.[130]
             Religion. Although most religions oppose suicide, suicide rates vary considerably among religions and between areas with a predominant religion. For example, Morselli[9] reported lower rates of suicide in European Catholics than in P
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