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Economic Stress and Mental Health: The Relationship Between the Stock Market and Neurotic Disorder Doctor Visits
Author(s) -
Chen ChunChih,
Lin YingTzu,
Liu TsaiChing,
Chen ChinShyan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.2677
Subject(s) - neuroticism , stock market , psychiatry , population , stock (firearms) , medicine , psychology , economics , personality , environmental health , geography , social psychology , context (archaeology) , archaeology
This paper investigates the relationship between the stock market and the neurotic disorder doctor visits. We use aggregate data, partition the population by age and gender and examine the impact of changes in the stock market on neurotic disorders. Using doctor visits as a proxy measure of morbidity, we find evidence of some relationship between neurotic disorder morbidity and stock market variations. A stock market falling in a single day and the accumulation of daily stock market drops are both associated with more neurotic disorder doctor visits. We also observe more neurotic disorder doctor visits during periods of a low stock index for the elderly, regardless of gender. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.