COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity Fuel the Mental Health Crisis in Africa

COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity Fuel the Mental Health Crisis in Africa

Objective: Providing country-level estimates for prevalence rates of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), COVID-19 exposure and food insecurity (FI) and assessing the role of persistent threats to survival—exemplified by exposure to COVID-19 and FI—for the mental health crisis in Africa.Methods: Orig...

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Main Authors: Jule Beck, Anke Koebach, Liliana Abreu, Mekdim Dereje Regassa, Anke Hoeffler, Wolfgang Stojetz, Tilman Brück
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:International Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
generalized anxiety disorder
mental health
COVID-19
food insecurity
Africa
Online Access:https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606369/full

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https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606369/full

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