The Occupy Central (Umbrella) movement and mental health distress in the Hong Kong general public: political movements and concerns as potential structural risk factors of population mental health

ConclusionMany citizens participated in the movement, which was led by youths and might have increased the general public ’s mental distress. Negative personal responses to the movement and emotions toward political situations were potential risk factors. As the political tension would last and political pessimism is globally found, politics may have become a regular and persistent structural risk factor negatively a ffecting population mental health.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research