-Background and Objectives:The exploration of the use of specialised mental health services and the prevalence of mental disorders recorded by these services is important when planning and adapting the various mental health services to real users' needs. The fact of being a woman has repeatedly proved to be a predicting factor for higher service use and this could imply than such needs may vary according to gender. The objectives of our study are: to analyse the attended prevalence in both out-patient and hospital services data as per diagnoses according to gender, and to analyse the use of hospital care services with respect to diagnoses according to gender.Methods: The sample for this observational and retrospective study (n = 65,465) is comprised of everyone who visited any of the Sant Joan de Déu-SSM mental health services between 2002 and 2007. Main measures: total number of consultations, and number and length of hospitalisations.Results: Women presented higher attended prevalence. Men show a higher risk of a first hospitalisation and longer length of admissions. Among the group of admitted patients, the number of women is higher. With regard to diagnosis, gender influences the attended prevalence. Regarding hospitalisation, we find differences in patients with schizophrenia and other mood disorders.Conclusions: The main result is that women have a higher attended prevalence of mental disorders than men. In the total sample, women have a higher number of hospitalisa-GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES... 31
ResumenEl bienestar subjetivo de los jóvenes es diferente del de otros colectivos debido a las distintas circunstancias que se dan a lo largo del ciclo vital. Este trabajo contribuye a dar a conocer cuáles son las dimensiones específicas y objetivas del grado subjetivo de satisfacción de los jóvenes españoles. Su finalidad es analizar los factores que inciden en ello.Los resultados obtenidos indican que los jóvenes casados son más felices que los solteros o los que viven en pareja. El joven que estudia es más feliz que el que trabaja y, dentro del grupo de jóvenes trabajadores, son más infelices los que tienen contratos temporales. La felicidad aumenta con la renta. A diferencia de lo obtenido para el conjunto de la sociedad española, la religión no parece influir en el grado de satisfacción por la vida de los jóvenes. Expectativas positivas aumentan la felicidad de los jóvenes, aunque en menor medida de lo que éstas afectan al conjunto de los españoles. Los jóvenes que viven independientes son más felices que los que viven con sus padres. Palabras clave: factores demográficos y socioeconómicos; expectativas. Abstract. Youth happinessThe subjective well-being of young people is different from other groups due to various circumstances that occur throughout the life cycle. This work contributes to the knowledge of specific and objective dimensions of subjective satisfaction of Spanish youth. Its aim is to analyze the factors affecting such satisfaction.The results indicate that young married people are happier than single people or those living with a partner. Young students are happier than those that work, and within the group of young workers, those who have temporary contracts are the least happy. Happiness increases with income. Unlike the findings obtained for the whole of Spanish society, religion does not seem to influence the degree of life satisfaction among young people. Positive expectations increase the happiness of youth to a lesser extent than they affect the whole of the Spanish population. Young people who live on their own are happier than those who live with their parents.
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