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Mental health impact of the economic crisis in Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Luis Salvador-Carulla  and
Miquel Roca
Luis Salvador-Carulla
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Australia, email [email protected]
Miquel Roca
Affiliation:
Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciencies de la Salut (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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According to preliminary data, by 2010 the economic crisis in Spain had already led to an increase in the prevalence of anxiety, mood disorders and alcohol misuse, identified in primary care settings, but there had not been an impact on suicide rates. Since then, several indicators suggest that the full impact of the economic crisis on mental health was delayed, until at least the second half of 2011 and even later, to 2012. There is increasing evidence that budget cuts had a particular impact on mental healthcare during this latter period.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 8 - 10
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