精神健康的胎儿起源:来自非洲的证据

IF 2 3区经济学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Economic Development and Cultural Change Pub Date : 2022-09-16 DOI:10.1086/722536

Achyuta R. Adhvaryu, James Fenske, N. Kala, Anant Nyshadham

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摘要

心理健康障碍是全球疾病负担的重要组成部分，但其决定因素研究不足，尤其是在发展中国家。我们发现，在非洲，子宫内的温度冲击会增加成年后的抑郁症状。暴露在高温下的10%会使我们的抑郁指数增加0.05到0.07标准差。我们没有发现任何证据表明，这些电击对最近出生的人群的影响较小，也没有发现电击能预测抑郁症症状得到更好的治疗。由于气候变化，温度波动越来越频繁，加剧了心理健康疾病的负担，而非洲的医疗保健系统并没有减轻这些影响。

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FETAL ORIGINS OF MENTAL HEALTH: EVIDENCE FROM AFRICA

Mental health disorders are a substantial portion of the global disease burden, yet their determinants are understudied, particularly in developing countries. We find that temperature shocks in utero increase depressive symptoms in adulthood in Africa. A ten percent increase in heat exposure increases our depression indices .05 to .07 standard deviations. We find no evidence that the effects of these shocks are smaller for more recent birth cohorts, nor do shocks predict greater treatment of depressive symptoms. Temperature fluctuations, increasingly frequent due to climate change, worsen the mental health disease burden and health care systems in Africa do not mitigate these impacts.

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Economic Development and Cultural Change Multiple-

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3.70

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期刊介绍： Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC) is an economic journal publishing studies that use modern theoretical and empirical approaches to examine both the determinants and the effects of various dimensions of economic development and cultural change. EDCC’s focus is on empirical papers with analytic underpinnings, concentrating on micro-level evidence, that use appropriate data to test theoretical models and explore policy impacts related to a broad range of topics relevant to economic development.