The relationship between common mental disorders (CMDs), food insecurity and domestic violence in pregnant women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa
ConclusionsThis study provides evidence of the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the mental health status of perinatal women living in low-resource settings in Cape Town and highlights how a crisis such as the COVID-19 lockdown amplifies the psycho-social risk factors associated with CMDs in perinatal women.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
More News: African Health | COVID-19 | Epidemiology | Men | Midwifery | OBGYN | Outbreaks | Perinatology & Neonatology | Pregnancy | Psychiatry | Psychology | Sexual Abuse | South Africa Health | Study | Women