Common mental disorders : evaluating their impact on disability and the role of socieoeconomic factors
The general aim of this Doctoral Thesis was to assess the association of common mental disorders with disability and socioeconomic factors. These factors were considered both as important consequences (or burdens) and also as potential determinants of the incidence of common mental disorders. Data u...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/346929 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/346929 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Common mental disorders Disability Burden Socioeconomic factors Earnings Trastorns mentals freqüents Discapacitat Càrrega Factors socioeconòmics Salari 616.89 |
| Sumario: | The general aim of this Doctoral Thesis was to assess the association of common mental disorders with disability and socioeconomic factors. These factors were considered both as important consequences (or burdens) and also as potential determinants of the incidence of common mental disorders. Data used in this Thesis came from two general population-based studies: the World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys, a worldwide initiative launched by the World Health Organization to gather data on prevalence and correlates of mental disorders of the adult population (+18); and the Netherlands Mental Health Incidence Study 2 (NEMESIS-2), a longitudinal study with two waves of data collection (baseline: 2007-9 and follow-up: 2010-12). Common mental disorders were found to be important contributors to disability in Europe and also in Spain. Socioeconomic adversities, such as job loss and household income reductions, increased the risk of incidence of mental disorders. Low functional status was also associated with the incidence of common mental disorders. This Doctoral Thesis shows that common mental disorders carry on important functional and socioeconomic burdens and, at the same time, these factors also contribute to their development. A better understanding of these bidirectional associations may help tackling the circle of disadvantage in which common mental disorders appears in its central axis. |
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