Fetal Origins of Mental Health
Evidence from Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4947313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan), James Fenske (0000-0001-6003-629X, University of Michigan), Namrata Kala (0000-0002-1238-334X, University of Michigan), Anant Nyshadham (0000-0001-9165-5528, University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 493-515 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/722536 |
| OpenAlex | W2285407972 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 62 |
Mental health disorders represent a substantial portion of the global disease burden, and the treatment gap is higher in developing countries. Accounting for location and year-of-birth fixed effects and using data on 19 African countries, we find temperature shocks in utero increase depressive symptoms in adulthood. Effects are present for several depressive symptoms and are greatest in younger cohorts
Anxiety · Biology · Depressive symptoms · Developed country · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Fetus · In utero · Mental health · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
What doesn’t kill her, will make her depressed
Air pollution, labor productivity, and individual consumption
Early life shocks and mental health
Prenatal and Early Childhood Ambient Heat Exposure and Developmental Outcomes
Economic shocks and mental health in Bangladesh
The Long-Term Effects of Civil Conflict on Psychological Well-being
Age of onset of mental disorders
Climate change and human health
Rates of Adult Schizophrenia Following Prenatal Exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-1961
The economics, technology, and neuroscience of human capability formation
Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth
Under the Weather
Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries
Temperatures and cyclones strongly associated with economic production in the Caribbean and Central America
Grand challenges in global mental health
Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries
Climate Change and Farmers’ Mental Health
Maternal Depression, Women’s Empowerment, and Parental Investment
Malaria Eradication in the Americas
Mental health systems in countries
Climate change and human health
Poverty, depression, and anxiety
Resources for mental health
From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes
Burden of Depressive Disorders by Country, Sex, Age, and Year
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change and mental health
Climate Trends and Global Crop Production Since 1980
Early-Life Health and Adult Circumstance in Developing Countries
Health Capital and the Prenatal Environment
Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation
The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress
Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function
Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects
The Light and the Heat
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of cash transfers on subjective well-being and mental health in low- and middle-income countries
Early Life Circumstance and Adult Mental Health
Adapting to Climate Change
Is the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Over? Long‐Term Effects of In Utero Influenza Exposure in the Post‐1940 U.S. Population
Income Shocks and HIV in Africa
Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities
Long‐Run Health Repercussions of Drought Shocks
Climate change and mental health
What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature
Killing Me Softly
Malnutrition in early life and adult mental health
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |