Home foreclosure, health, and mental health: a systematic review of individual, aggregate, and contextual associations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The U.S. foreclosure crisis intensified markedly during the Great Recession of 2007-09, and currently an estimated five percent of U.S. residential properties are more than 90 days past due or in the process of foreclosure. Yet there has been no systematic assessment of the effects of foreclosure on health and mental health.

Methods and findings

I applied systematic search terms to PubMed and PsycINFO to identify quantitative or qualitative studies about the relationship between home foreclosure and health or mental health. After screening the titles and abstracts of 930 publications and reviewing the full text of 76 articles, dissertations, and other reports, I identified 42 publications representing 35 unique studies about foreclosure, health, and mental health.

SUBMITTER: Tsai AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4388711 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature