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Gender Differences in Mental Health Outcomes before, during, and after the Great Recession.
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- The Great Recession and Mental Health in the United States.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2019Article
- The Great Recession and Children's Mental Health in Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Resilience and Depressive Symptoms among Korean Americans with History of Traumatic Life Experience.Community mental health journal · 2017Article
- The Great Recession and risk for child abuse and neglect.Children and youth services review · 2017Article
- The relationship between hunger and mental health outcomes among school-going Ecuadorian adolescents.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2016Article
- Health Impacts of the Great Recession: A Critical Review.Current epidemiology reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
We examined gender differences in mental health outcomes during and post-recession versus pre-recession. We utilized 2005-2006, 2008-2009, and 2010-2011 data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Females had lower odds of depression diagnoses during and post-recession and better mental health during the recession, but higher odds of anxiety diagnoses post-recession. Males had lower odds of depression diagnoses and better mental health during and post-recession and lower Kessler 6 scores post-recession. We conducted stratified analyses, which confirmed that the aforementioned findings were consistent across the four different regions of the U.S., by employment status, income and health care utilization. Importantly, we found that the higher odds of anxiety diagnoses among females after the recession were mainly prominent among specific subgroups of females: those who lived in the Northeast or the Midwest, the unemployed, and those with low household income. Gender differences in mental health in association with the economic recession highlight the importance of policymakers taking these differences into consideration when designing economic and social policies to address economic downturns. Future research should examine the reasons behind the decreased depression diagnoses among both genders, and whether they signify decreased mental healthcare utilization or increased social support and more time for exercise and leisure activities.
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