Food insecurity, mental distress and suicidal ideation in rural Africa: Evidence from Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana.

CONCLUSIONS:: Mental distress and suicidal ideation were highly prevalent in three settings of extreme poverty across all groups, in ways that were not always consistent with the global literature. These findings suggest that more research is needed in to better understand the social etiology of mental distress in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - November 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sweetland AC, Norcini Pala A, Mootz J, Kao JC, Carlson C, Oquendo MA, Cheng B, Belkin G, Wainberg M Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research