Underreporting of Mental Health Issues in Autocracies: Evidence from Google Trends Data

• In Event: Political Institutions in Autocracies

Brief Overview

Analyzing Google Trends data, we find autocracies have lower searches for mental health terms than democracies, suggesting underreporting. Physical health searches do not differ, indicating underreporting is specific to mental health.

Authors

• Jessi Hanson-DeFusco, Lawrence Technological University

• Kashmiri Medhi, The University of Texas at Dallas

• Dina Rosenberg, Rowan University

• Anton Sobolev, The University of Texas at Dallas