An overview of trends in depressive symptoms in South Africa
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Date
2019
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Sage Journals
Abstract
The relationship between mental health and socioeconomic status is well established in the literature. The socioeconomic standing of a number of South Africans remains poor and slow changing, while the mental health of the most vulnerable remains both an economic and health problem for government. There is, however, a lack of studies that assess depressive symptoms using panel data. There is also a lack of studies that consider factors that influence transitions of adults into and out of Significant Depressive Symptoms, particularly in the South African context. Panel data from the National Income Dynamics Study were used for this study to assess these transitions. The data included information on various socioeconomic and health variables, as well as a section that assesses the emotional health of adults in South Africa.
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depressive symptoms, mental health, depression, depressive symptoms, depressive symptoms
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Mungai K, Bayat A. An overview of trends in depressive symptoms in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology. 2019;49(4):518-535. doi:10.1177/0081246318823580