The mental health risks of economic crisis in Spain: Evidence from primary care centres, 2006 and 2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Gili, Margalida ^a,b   Roca, Miquel ^a,b   Basu, Sanjay ^c,d,e   McKee, Martin ^e   Stuckler, David ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Red de Actividades Preventivas y Promocio n de la Salud en Atencio n Primaria (RediAPP)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPAIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876582249     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks035     Document Type: Article

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