The Bidirectional Relationship Between Debts and Common Mental Disorders: Results of a longitudinal Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Researchers and politicians have regularly expressed their worries about a widening of socioeconomic inequalities in physical and mental health. Debts have been relatively understudied as a specific aspect of socioeconomic disadvantage contributing to poor mental health. This study examines the bidirectional association between debts and common mental disorders (CMDs) in the adult population of the Netherlands. Data were obtained from the second ('baseline') and third (3-year follow-up) wave of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2, a representative cohort of adults. Questions were asked about debts and difficulty in repaying debts in the past 12 months. The answers were combined into one variable: no debts, easy, difficult, and very difficult to pay back debts. Twelve

SUBMITTER: Ten Have M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8043431 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature