Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries
The social and economic consequences of poor mental health in the developing world are presumed to be significant, yet are largely under-researched. The authors argue that mental health modules can be meaningfully added to multi-purpose household s...
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ABORTIONS ADD AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AGED ANXIETY ANXIETY DISORDERS BIPOLAR DISORDER CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS COMMON MENTAL DISORDER COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CONTAGION DEPRESSION DEPRESSION SCALE DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS DIABETES DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW DISABILITY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASE OF POVERTY DOCTOR EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES EPIDEMIOLOGY EXERCISES EXPENDITURES FEMALE FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE GENERAL PSYCHIATRY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SCREENING HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY LIFE EVENTS LIFETIME PREVALENCE MAJOR DEPRESSION MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF DEPRESSION MATERNAL DEPRESSION MEDICAL CARE MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL DISTRESS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH INDICATORS MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MENTAL HEALTH STATUS MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY MENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS MENTAL ILLNESS MENTAL WELL BEING MENTAL WELL-BEING MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL PERSON MIGRATION MISCARRIAGES MORBIDITY NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PATIENTS PATIENTS PRESENT PERSONALITY PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIANS PREGNANCIES PREVALENCE PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROBABILITY PSYCHIATRIC CASES PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITY PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REFUGEES SCHIZOPHRENIA SCREENING SEVERE MENTAL DISORDERS SEX SMOKING SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SOCIAL SCIENCE SOMATIC COMPLAINTS SOMATIC SYMPTOM STD SYMPTOM SYMPTOMS TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIPOLAR DEPRESSIVE |
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ABORTIONS ADD AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AGED ANXIETY ANXIETY DISORDERS BIPOLAR DISORDER CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS COMMON MENTAL DISORDER COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CONTAGION DEPRESSION DEPRESSION SCALE DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS DIABETES DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW DISABILITY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASE OF POVERTY DOCTOR EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES EPIDEMIOLOGY EXERCISES EXPENDITURES FEMALE FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE GENERAL PSYCHIATRY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SCREENING HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY LIFE EVENTS LIFETIME PREVALENCE MAJOR DEPRESSION MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF DEPRESSION MATERNAL DEPRESSION MEDICAL CARE MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL DISTRESS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH INDICATORS MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MENTAL HEALTH STATUS MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY MENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS MENTAL ILLNESS MENTAL WELL BEING MENTAL WELL-BEING MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL PERSON MIGRATION MISCARRIAGES MORBIDITY NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PATIENTS PATIENTS PRESENT PERSONALITY PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIANS PREGNANCIES PREVALENCE PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROBABILITY PSYCHIATRIC CASES PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITY PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REFUGEES SCHIZOPHRENIA SCREENING SEVERE MENTAL DISORDERS SEX SMOKING SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SOCIAL SCIENCE SOMATIC COMPLAINTS SOMATIC SYMPTOM STD SYMPTOM SYMPTOMS TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIPOLAR DEPRESSIVE Das, Jishnu Do, Quy-Toan Friedman, Jed McKenzie, David Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries |
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The social and economic consequences of
poor mental health in the developing world are presumed to
be significant, yet are largely under-researched. The
authors argue that mental health modules can be meaningfully
added to multi-purpose household surveys in developing
countries, and used to investigate this relationship. Data
from nationally representative surveys in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Mexico, along with special
surveys from India and Tonga, show similar patterns of
association between mental health and socioeconomic
characteristics across countries. Individuals who are older,
female, widowed, and report poor physical health are more
likely to report worse mental health outcomes. Individuals
living with others with poor mental health are also
significantly more likely to report worse mental health
themselves. In contrast, there is little observed
relationship between mental health and poverty or education,
common measures of socio-economic status. The results
instead suggest that economic and multi-dimensional shocks
such as illness or crisis can have a greater impact on
mental health than overall levels of poverty. This may have
important implications for social protection policy. The
authors also find significant associations between poor
mental health and lowered labor force participation
(especially for women) and higher frequency visits to health
centers, suggesting that poor mental health can have
significant economic consequences for households and the
health system. Finally, the paper discusses how measures of
mental health are distinct from general subjective welfare
measures such as happiness and indicate useful directions of
future research. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Das, Jishnu Do, Quy-Toan Friedman, Jed McKenzie, David |
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Das, Jishnu Do, Quy-Toan Friedman, Jed McKenzie, David |
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Das, Jishnu |
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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries |
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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries |
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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries |
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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries |
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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries |
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mental health patterns and consequences : results from survey data in five developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8989413/mental-health-patterns-consequences-results-survey-data-five-developing-countries-vol-1of-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6376 |
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okr-10986-63762021-04-23T14:02:31Z Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries Das, Jishnu Do, Quy-Toan Friedman, Jed McKenzie, David ABORTIONS ADD AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AGED ANXIETY ANXIETY DISORDERS BIPOLAR DISORDER CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS COMMON MENTAL DISORDER COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CONTAGION DEPRESSION DEPRESSION SCALE DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS DIABETES DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW DISABILITY DISASTERS DISEASE DISEASE OF POVERTY DOCTOR EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES EPIDEMIOLOGY EXERCISES EXPENDITURES FEMALE FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE GENERAL PSYCHIATRY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SCREENING HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY LIFE EVENTS LIFETIME PREVALENCE MAJOR DEPRESSION MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF DEPRESSION MATERNAL DEPRESSION MEDICAL CARE MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL DISTRESS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH INDICATORS MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MENTAL HEALTH STATUS MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY MENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS MENTAL ILLNESS MENTAL WELL BEING MENTAL WELL-BEING MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL PERSON MIGRATION MISCARRIAGES MORBIDITY NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PATIENTS PATIENTS PRESENT PERSONALITY PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIANS PREGNANCIES PREVALENCE PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROBABILITY PSYCHIATRIC CASES PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITY PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REFUGEES SCHIZOPHRENIA SCREENING SEVERE MENTAL DISORDERS SEX SMOKING SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SOCIAL SCIENCE SOMATIC COMPLAINTS SOMATIC SYMPTOM STD SYMPTOM SYMPTOMS TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIPOLAR DEPRESSIVE The social and economic consequences of poor mental health in the developing world are presumed to be significant, yet are largely under-researched. The authors argue that mental health modules can be meaningfully added to multi-purpose household surveys in developing countries, and used to investigate this relationship. Data from nationally representative surveys in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Mexico, along with special surveys from India and Tonga, show similar patterns of association between mental health and socioeconomic characteristics across countries. Individuals who are older, female, widowed, and report poor physical health are more likely to report worse mental health outcomes. Individuals living with others with poor mental health are also significantly more likely to report worse mental health themselves. In contrast, there is little observed relationship between mental health and poverty or education, common measures of socio-economic status. The results instead suggest that economic and multi-dimensional shocks such as illness or crisis can have a greater impact on mental health than overall levels of poverty. This may have important implications for social protection policy. The authors also find significant associations between poor mental health and lowered labor force participation (especially for women) and higher frequency visits to health centers, suggesting that poor mental health can have significant economic consequences for households and the health system. Finally, the paper discusses how measures of mental health are distinct from general subjective welfare measures such as happiness and indicate useful directions of future research. 2012-05-24T19:02:38Z 2012-05-24T19:02:38Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8989413/mental-health-patterns-consequences-results-survey-data-five-developing-countries-vol-1of-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6376 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. WPS 4495 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean South Asia Indonesia India Tonga Bosnia and Herzegovina Mexico |