Joan Damiens
@joandamiens.bsky.social
📊 Demographer
Post-doc at @pophel (University of Helsinki)
Social inequalities in health and mortality; mental health, housing, intergenerational and longitudinal perspectives.
Post-doc at @pophel (University of Helsinki)
Social inequalities in health and mortality; mental health, housing, intergenerational and longitudinal perspectives.
🏡Findings highlight the need for housing, welfare, and gender equity policies to support individuals during and after separation, with lessons relevant to diverse welfare state contexts.
✏️ with Christine Schnor and Didier Willaert.
✏️ with Christine Schnor and Didier Willaert.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🏡Findings highlight the need for housing, welfare, and gender equity policies to support individuals during and after separation, with lessons relevant to diverse welfare state contexts.
✏️ with Christine Schnor and Didier Willaert.
✏️ with Christine Schnor and Didier Willaert.
More about the design:
🤓linked administrative data from Belgian Socialist Health Insurance Fund (Solidaris) & National #Register
🤓68,048 individuals aged 20–64 in union + who separated (2009-2018).
🤓Antidepressant use (≥90 DDD/year) as an outcome.
🤓linked administrative data from Belgian Socialist Health Insurance Fund (Solidaris) & National #Register
🤓68,048 individuals aged 20–64 in union + who separated (2009-2018).
🤓Antidepressant use (≥90 DDD/year) as an outcome.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
More about the design:
🤓linked administrative data from Belgian Socialist Health Insurance Fund (Solidaris) & National #Register
🤓68,048 individuals aged 20–64 in union + who separated (2009-2018).
🤓Antidepressant use (≥90 DDD/year) as an outcome.
🤓linked administrative data from Belgian Socialist Health Insurance Fund (Solidaris) & National #Register
🤓68,048 individuals aged 20–64 in union + who separated (2009-2018).
🤓Antidepressant use (≥90 DDD/year) as an outcome.
We show that
🔹Moving during or shortly after separation was not, on average, associated with higher antidepressant use than staying.
🔹However, anticipatory effects emerged for women: those who moved during separation had higher antidepressant use before the event
🔹Moving during or shortly after separation was not, on average, associated with higher antidepressant use than staying.
🔹However, anticipatory effects emerged for women: those who moved during separation had higher antidepressant use before the event
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We show that
🔹Moving during or shortly after separation was not, on average, associated with higher antidepressant use than staying.
🔹However, anticipatory effects emerged for women: those who moved during separation had higher antidepressant use before the event
🔹Moving during or shortly after separation was not, on average, associated with higher antidepressant use than staying.
🔹However, anticipatory effects emerged for women: those who moved during separation had higher antidepressant use before the event
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The results highlight the role of past and present HO🏡 histories and intergenerational continuities as a central #mentalhealth determinant that is independent of other socioeconomic and demographic factors.
#socialsciences
The results highlight the role of past and present HO🏡 histories and intergenerational continuities as a central #mentalhealth determinant that is independent of other socioeconomic and demographic factors.
#socialsciences
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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The results highlight the role of past and present HO🏡 histories and intergenerational continuities as a central #mentalhealth determinant that is independent of other socioeconomic and demographic factors.
#socialsciences
The results highlight the role of past and present HO🏡 histories and intergenerational continuities as a central #mentalhealth determinant that is independent of other socioeconomic and demographic factors.
#socialsciences
👩👧👦During childhood, living with one or both parents is a strong confounder of the relationship.
🏘️Growing up with two parents as tenants also weakens the relationship between housing tenure and mental healthcare use during adulthood.
🏘️Growing up with two parents as tenants also weakens the relationship between housing tenure and mental healthcare use during adulthood.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
👩👧👦During childhood, living with one or both parents is a strong confounder of the relationship.
🏘️Growing up with two parents as tenants also weakens the relationship between housing tenure and mental healthcare use during adulthood.
🏘️Growing up with two parents as tenants also weakens the relationship between housing tenure and mental healthcare use during adulthood.
HO🏡 during youth and adulthood is associated with lower mental healthcare use, independently from #education, income, occupation status, and previous mental healthcare use.
During adulthood, HO🏡 duration does not really matter.
During adulthood, HO🏡 duration does not really matter.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
HO🏡 during youth and adulthood is associated with lower mental healthcare use, independently from #education, income, occupation status, and previous mental healthcare use.
During adulthood, HO🏡 duration does not really matter.
During adulthood, HO🏡 duration does not really matter.