This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that … health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce negative mental health outcomes while hot temperatures increase them. Our … conditioning penetration rates, accessibility of mental health services, and other factors. The character of the results suggests …

We analyze the effect of job insecurity on psychological health. We extend the group of people being affected to … employees who have insecure jobs to account for a broader measure of the mental health consequences of potential unemployment … fear of unemployment substantially decreases the mental health status of employees. Quantile regression results yield …

In this study, using panel data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we investigate the … mental health. Fixed-effects models indicate that, overall, retiring reduces retirees' depression. When instrumental … variables are specified in the model, retirement is shown to have small, unstable impacts on mental health. Notably, adults who …

In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern …. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health … recession began) and in 2013 and 2019 (i.e. at time points during the recession). Self-reported physical and mental health …

In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern …. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health … recession began) and in 2013 and 2019 (i.e. at time points during the recession). Self-reported physical and mental health …

One in every six U.S. adults suffers from mental health problems. Mental illnesses, as measured in disability …% increase in service coverage for severe mental disorder", suggested by the World Health Assembly by the year 2020 for the WHO … Member states, examining alternative behavioral changes to reduce mental health problems are worth examining. Using the …

This paper estimates the effect of informal care provision on female caregiver's health. We use data from the German … care provision on mental health which fades out over time. Five years after care provision there are no significant effects … left. Both short- and medium-term effects on physical health are much smaller and insignificant throughout. …

The growing number of older adults due to the demographic transition has brought about a complex change in health and …. Little is known about the relationship between social participation, functional health, and depression in the older adult … respondents from India aged 50 and above. The results revealed that considering functional health (WHODAS) as a mediator, it is …

Adverse health conditions have the potential to financially cripple American households. This report reviews the large … literature that considers the ways in which health-both physical and mental-impacts household finances. The review largely … includes studies with U.S. populations and spans many disciplines: economics, public health, law, medicine, psychology, public …