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Abstract：
Mental health has deteriorated globally due to COVID-19, climate crisis, economic policies, and regional conflicts, requiring immediate attention. This study aims to comprehend the relationship between economic uncertainty and the prevalence of anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder, and eating disorders across various demographics and countries. Using robust fixed-effect models, we analyzed the relationship between economic uncertainty and mental disorders in 110 countries from 1991 to 2019. Our analysis also explored whether this association varies across genders and age groups. Our analysis indicates that economic uncertainty is associated with higher prevalence rates of anxiety and major depressive disorders, though no similar association is observed for eating disorders. In the subgroup analyses, while females have a significant association exclusively with anxiety disorders, males have associations with anxiety and major depressive disorders. The age-specific analyses show that economic uncertainty is associated with anxiety disorders for almost all age groups above 15 years, except for ages between 40 and 54. For major depressive disorders, this association becomes significant after the 40-44 age group. However, we see no significant association among age groups for eating disorders.
摘要：
由于COVID-19，气候危机，全球心理健康恶化，经济政策,和地区冲突，需要立即注意。本研究旨在了解经济不确定性与焦虑症患病率之间的关系。重度抑郁症,以及不同人口和国家的饮食失调。使用稳健的固定效应模型，我们分析了1991年至2019年110个国家的经济不确定性与精神障碍之间的关系。我们的分析还探讨了这种关联是否因性别和年龄组而异。我们的分析表明，经济不确定性与更高的焦虑和重度抑郁症患病率相关。尽管没有观察到饮食失调的类似关联。在亚组分析中，虽然女性与焦虑症有显著的联系，男性与焦虑和重度抑郁症有关。按年龄分类的分析表明，经济不确定性与几乎所有15岁以上年龄组的焦虑症有关，除了年龄在40到54岁之间.对于重度抑郁症，这种关联在40-44岁年龄组后变得显著.然而,我们发现各年龄组之间饮食失调没有显著关联.
