Impact of financial difficulties on borrowers’ mental health and suicidal risk
O.V. ZAKHAROVA, A.M. KARPOV
KSMA – Branch Campus of the FSBEI FPE RMACPE MOH Russia, Kazan, Russian Federation
Contact details:
Zakharova O.V. ― postgraduate student of the Department of Psychotherapy and Narcology
Address: 11 Mushtari St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012, e-mail: ksoona@mail.ru
Active lending to individuals has contributed to the emergence of millions of borrowers who do not have the financial resources to repay debt. The status of a hopeless debtor is morally traumatic, negatively affects the mental health of borrowers; for this reason they need psychotherapeutic support. To determine the tasks of psychotherapy of borrowers-debtors, the results of foreign studies dedicated to the impact of credit debts on mental state are analyzed.
Key words: credit, problems of return, mental disorders.
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