Major depression amid financial crisis in Greece: Will unemployment narrow existing gender differences in the prevalence of the disorder in Greece?
Rises in unemployment as a corollary to the global economic crisis may impinge on the prevalence of depression disproportionally for the two genders. Therefore, differences in the prevalence of the disorder as a function of gender and age were explored in four nationwide surveys in Greece in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013. Results indicate that in 2013, men of productive age had a higher prevalence of major depression than women, in contrast to the epidemiology of the disorder. The psychiatry community should be in tune to future changes in the mental health landscape elicited by the social fermentation processes of the global recession.
University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Athens, Greece; First Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: antistigma@epipsi.eu.
Marina
M
Economou
University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Athens, Greece; First Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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E
Angelopoulos
University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Athens, Greece.
Lily Evangelia
LE
Peppou
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece; Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
Kyriakos
K
Souliotis
University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Athens, Greece.
Costas
C
Stefanis
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D057172:Economic Recession; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
Affective disorders; Mental health; Recession