Recession depression: mental health effects of the 2008 stock market crash.
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It is found that the stock market crash reduced wealth and increased feelings of depression and use of antidepressant drugs, and that these effects were largest among respondents with high levels of stock holdings prior to the crash.About:
This article is published in Journal of Health Economics.The article was published on 2013-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 221 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Stock market crash & Mental health.read more
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Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2007 to 2010: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
TL;DR: The Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances for 2010 as discussed by the authors provides insights into changes in family income and net worth since the 2007 survey, showing that over the 2007-10 period, the median value of real (inflation-adjusted) family income before taxes fell 7.7 percent, while mean income fell more sharply, an 11.1 percent decline.
Gender and mental health.
Sarah Rosenfield,Dawne M. Mouzon +1 more
TL;DR: Men and women experience different kinds of mental health problems as mentioned in this paper, while women exceed men in internalizing disorders such as depression and anxiety, men exhibit more externalizing disorders, such as substance abuse and antisocial behavior, which are problematic for others.
Labeling and Stigma
Bruce G. Link,Jo C. Phelan +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the development of thinking about labeling and stigma over the past half century within the field of the sociology of mental health, and discuss the steps people take to avoid, mitigate, or overcome stigma, drawing in particular on Thoits' theoretical statements about this issue.
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Suicide and the Great Recession of 2007-2009: the role of economic factors in the 50 U.S. states.
TL;DR: A strong positive association between unemployment rates and total suicide rates over time within states is found and the following may be important components of effective prevention strategies: specifically targeting employers and workplaces as important stakeholders in the prevention of suicide, disseminating information about health risks tied to un/employment, and linking the unemployed to mental health resources.
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Health Impacts of the Great Recession: a Critical Review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors comprehensively review empirical literature examining the relationship between the Great Recession and mental and physical health outcomes in developed nations and report detrimental impacts of the Recession on health, particularly mental health.
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The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population
TL;DR: The CES-D scale as discussed by the authors is a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population, which has been used in household interview surveys and in psychiatric settings.
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Choices, Values, and Frames
Daniel Kahneman,Amos Tversky +1 more
TL;DR: Prospect theory as mentioned in this paper is an alternative to the classical utility theory of choice, and has been used to explain many complex, real-world puzzles, such as the principles of legal compensation, the equity premium puzzle in financial markets, and the number of hours that New York cab drivers choose to drive on rainy days.
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Choices, Values, and Frames
Daniel Kahneman,Amos Tversky +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the cognitive and psychophysical determinants of choice in risky and risk- less contexts are discussed, and the relation between decision values and experience values is discussed, as well as an approach to risky choice that sketches an approach for decision making that can be seen as the acceptance of a gamble that can yield various outcomes with different probabilities.
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Stress, adaptation, and disease. Allostasis and allostatic load.
TL;DR: The relationship of allostatic load to genetic and developmental predispositions to disease is considered and examples will be given from research pertaining to autonomic, CNS, neuroendocrine, and immune system activity.
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Causal Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and the Onset of Major Depression
TL;DR: Stressed life events have a substantial causal relationship with the onset of episodes of major depression, however, about one-third of the association between stressful life events and onsets of depression is noncausal, since individuals predisposed to major depression select themselves into high-risk environments.