Study shows natural disasters heighten depression risk among black women

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People exposed to a disaster in their communities are likely to experience depression in the long-term with black Africans, women, those who are illiterate and the poor at greatest risk, a University of KwaZulu Natal study suggests.

New research by the University of KwaZulu-Natal suggests women and black people are at greatest risk of the first onset of depression due to their exposure to natural disasters such as droughts and floods. File photo.People exposed to a disaster in their communities are likely to experience depression in the long-term with black Africans, women, those who are illiterate and the poor at greatest risk, a University of KwaZulu-Natal study suggests.

Researchers also found a significant likelihood of first depression onset among females, black Africans and individuals with lower education attainment or income due to cumulative community disaster. and published in PLOS Climate, it is the first study to establish the association between exposure to disaster and depression at a national scale in Africa.

 

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