In the past 20 years, the unemployment rate has increased and the depression has increased by more than 20%.

The unemployment rate will affect the mental health of China people. Academia Sinica analyzed the prevalence rate of "common mental diseases" in China from 1990 to 20 10, and found that the proportion of patients with depression in Taiwan Province Province has doubled in the past 20 years, from 1 1.5% to 23.8%. This trend is highly related to the change of the national unemployment rate in the same period. The research paper was published this month.

Academia Sinica analyzed the prevalence rate of "common mental diseases" in China from 1990 to 20 10, and found that the proportion of depressed patients in Taiwan Province Province doubled in the past 20 years, from 1 1.5% to 23.8%, which was highly correlated with the change of national unemployment rate in the same period. (Photo/Huang Zhiwen) This research is led by Zheng Taian, a special researcher at the Institute of Biomedicine of Academia Sinica. He said that "common mental illness" refers to depression and anxiety, accounting for more than 90% of all mental illnesses. The research team analyzed 9079 interviews collected in the past 20 years by various statistical methods, and found that the risk factors of common mental diseases include female, unemployment, low education level and physical diseases that obviously affect daily activities.

After controlling these factors, the rising trend of common mental diseases is still remarkable, from 65438+ 1 1.5% in 1990 to 23.8% in 20 10, which is also in line with the long-term trend of unemployment rate, divorce rate and suicide rate in the same period.

Researcher Zheng Taian pointed out that these data show that the deterioration of people's mental health in Taiwan Province Province is closely related to the changes in the macro-social environment in the past 20 years, including the rapid economic transformation in Taiwan Province Province, the transfer of labor-intensive industries to Chinese mainland and Southeast Asia, the shrinking domestic job market, and the impact of the global economic recession in recent years, which has led to a continuous decline in the job market.

That is to say, the influence of personal risk factors such as unemployment on mental health has not changed in the past 20 years, but the unemployment rate in the macro environment is rising, leading to an increase in the prevalence of common mental diseases year by year. Zheng Taian, a researcher, said that this study reflected the insecurity caused by industrialization and unemployment and the possible impact on mental health. I hope that the relevant departments can consider the importance of psychological well-being to people while pursuing economic growth.