Background Countries in recession experience high unemployment rates and a decline in
living conditions, which, it has been suggested, negatively influences their populations' …

Political pronouncements and policy statements include much conjecture concerning the
health and behavioral effects of economic decline. We both summarize empirical research …

Why a thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this book about theories of disease
distribution, in past and present societal and ecological context? Because the lived realities …

The global economic crisis has affected the Greek economy with unprecedented severity,
making Greece an important test of the relationship between socioeconomic determinants …

The recent financial and economic crisis has raised major concerns in the public health
community that death, illness and disability will rise in both rich and poor countries across …

The Asian economic crisis led to a sharp unemployment-related increase in suicide mortality
in east Asian countries. In European Union countries rising unemployment was associated …

Two research traditions have evolved to assess links between recessions and health, with
seemingly divergent findings. Aggregate-level studies generally find that mortality rates …

OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetes is increasingly common and associated with substantial
morbidity and mortality. This study examines trends in the patterns and costs of drug …

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of population-level research on the relationship between
economic contraction and specific mental disorders and how individual-level variables may …

Economic stress and uncertainty is argued to increase older adults' vulnerability to physical
health decline and mental distress. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of research that …