The Effect of Community Stress and Problems on Psychopathology: A Structural Equation Modeling Study

This research aimed to estimate the effect of perceived social factors in the community stress and problems on the residents’ psychopathology such as depression and suicidal behaviors.Subjects of this study were the informants (N=1618) in a psychological autopsy (PA) study with a case-control design. We interviewed two informants (a family member and a close friend) for 392 suicides and 416 living controls, which came from 16 rural counties randomly selected from three provinces of China.Community stress and problems were measured by the WHO SUPRE-MISS scale.
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research