改善疫情期间女性的心理健康
Improving Women’s Mental Health during a Pandemic
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2024 · [{"name": "Michael Vlassopoulos", "affiliation": ["University of Southampton"]}, {"name": "Abu Siddique", "affiliation": ["Royal Holloway University of London"]}, {"name": "Tabassum Rahman", "affiliation": ["The University of Melbourne"]}, {"name": "Debayan Pakrashi", "affiliation": ["Indian Statistical Institute", "Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur"]}, {"name": "Asad Islam", "affiliation": ["Monash University"]}, {"name": "Firoz Ahmed", "affiliation": ["Khulna University", "Technical University of Munich"]}]
中文摘要
本文评估了一项随机电话咨询干预，旨在减轻新冠疫情对孟加拉国357个村庄2,402名女性样本的心理健康影响。我们发现，提供两小时心理支持及新冠相关信息，可在干预十个月后改善心理健康状况，使中度和重度压力的患病率降低20%，抑郁症患病率降低33%。我们的结果表明，这类低成本干预（每人14美元）能够在危机时期为脆弱群体有效提供快速心理支持。（JEL I12、I18、I31、J16、O12、O15）
Abstract
This paper evaluates a randomized, over-the-phone counseling intervention aimed at mitigating the mental health impact of COVID-19 on a sample of 2,402 women across 357 villages in Bangladesh. We find that the provision of two hours of mental support plus information on COVID-19 improves mental health ten months postintervention, leading to reductions of 20 percent in the prevalence of moderate and severe stress and 33 percent in depression. Our results suggest that this type of low-cost intervention ($14 per person) can be effective in providing rapid psychological support to vulnerable groups in times of crises. (JEL I12, I18, I31, J16, O12, O15)