[Impact of Great Recession on mental health in Spain. SESPAS Report 2020].

ABSTRACT: The objective of this article is to identify the effects of the Great Recession on the mental health of people residing in Spain. After presenting a conceptual framework on the mechanisms through which economic crises affect mental health, we describe the main results of 45 papers identified in our search. Studies indicate a worsening of mental health in Spain in the years of economic crisis, especially in men. Working conditions (unemployment, low wages, instability, precariousness) emerge as one of the main channels through which mental health is put at risk or deteriorates. This deterioration occurs with intensity in particularly vulnerable groups, such as immigrant population and families with economic burdens. In the case of suicides, the results were inconclusive. Regarding the use o

SUBMITTER: Oliva J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7358762 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature