LGBT权利下降对人口心理健康的影响：来自波兰“无LGBT区”的证据

IF 3.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.102973

Chad D. Meyerhoefer , Bingjin Xue , Anna Poznańska

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摘要

少数群体压力理论认为，最近限制LGBT权利的立法可能会损害LGBT个人及其家人的健康。我们调查了2019年和2020年在波兰各地建立无lgbt区是如何影响心理健康和死亡率的。我们发现，在无lgbt地区，每年自杀未遂人数增加了16.5%，即每10万人中有5人自杀；车祸、自杀和其他事故及伤害等外因死亡人数增加了10.6%，即每10万人中有5.6人死亡；自杀死亡人数增加了17.0% (p = 0.108)，即每10万人中有1.9人死亡。自杀企图的增加主要集中在13-18岁和45-49岁的人群中，与此同时，治疗成瘾性疾病的处方药销售增加了8.8%。然而，用于治疗精神健康状况的精神药物的使用情况没有变化，这表明获得精神保健的机会有限。

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Implications of the decline in LGBT rights for population mental health: Evidence from Polish “LGBT-free zones”

Theories of minority stress suggest recent legislation limiting LGBT rights can reduce the health of LGBT individuals and their families. We investigate how the creation of LGBT-free zones across Poland during 2019 and 2020 affected mental health and mortality. We find that annual suicide attempts increased by 16.5 %, or 5 attempts per 100k, deaths from external causes, including automobile accidents, suicides and other accidents and injuries increased 10.6 %, or 5.6 deaths per 100k, and suicide deaths increased 17.0 % (p = 0.108), or 1.9 deaths per 100k, in LGBT-free zones. The rise in suicide attempts was concentrated among individuals aged 13–18 and 45–49 and coincided with an 8.8 % increase in sales of prescription drugs for addictive disorders. However, there was no change in the use of psychotropic medications used to treat mental health conditions, indicative of limited access to mental health care.

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Journal of Health Economics 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

2.90%

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审稿时长

49 days

期刊介绍： This journal seeks articles related to the economics of health and medical care. Its scope will include the following topics: Production and supply of health services; Demand and utilization of health services; Financing of health services; Determinants of health, including investments in health and risky health behaviors; Economic consequences of ill-health; Behavioral models of demanders, suppliers and other health care agencies; Evaluation of policy interventions that yield economic insights; Efficiency and distributional aspects of health policy; and such other topics as the Editors may deem appropriate.