Prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders in an adult African rural community in South Africa

Abstract

The results are discussed in relation to comparative local and international data as well as in the context of the current restructuring of the mental-health care system in South Africa from tertiary curative care to integrated primary mental-health care.

A Feminist Phenomenological Description of Depression in Low-income South African Women

“…South African and international studies alike have consistently found that depression is more prevalent among poorer than richer persons (Bhagwanjee et al, 1998;Belle & Doucet, 2003;Elliot & Masters, 2009;Levy & O'Hara, 2010;Moultrie & Kleintjies, 2006;Nadeem, Lange, & Miranda, 2009;Pillay & Sargent, 1999;Theron, 2005). For this reason, poverty is considered to be an important antecedent to depression.…”

“…Bhagwanjee, Parekh, Paruk, Petersen, & Subedar, 1998;Cooper et al, 1999;Cooper et al, 2002;Cooper et al, 2009;Hamad, Fernald, Karlan, & Zinman, 2008;Manikkam & Burns, 2012;Naidoo & Mwaba, 2010;Nel & Kagee, 2013;Ngcobo & Pillay, 2008;Pappin, Wouters & Booysen, 2012;Peltzer & Phaswana-Mafuya, 2013;Peltzer & Shikwane, 2011;Pillay & Kriel, 2006;Rochat et al, 2006;Rochat, Tomlinson, Bärnighausen, Newell, & Stein, 2011;Stacey, 1999;Storkey, 2006;Theron, 2005).…”

“…While some authors have commented that unmarried women may be vulnerable to depression because of the social stigma that is associated with being single in a society which values marriage (Bhagwanjee et al, 1998), others regard marriage as a risk factor for the development of depression in women because of the genderspecific demands it can stimulate (Ngcobo & Pillay, 2008). Specifically, depression has been associated with women's burdensome roles as mothers and housewives (G. Brown & Harris, 1989).…”

Common mental health problems in historically disadvantaged urban and rural communities in South Africa: prevalence and risk factors

“…Unfortunately, few studies have attempted to systematically assess mental health care needs in South Africa at the level of the community [3][4][5] and little information is available on risk factors associated with these problems [6]. Even fewer studies have assessed the prevalence of common mental health problems in primary care settings or at traditional healers [7][8][9].…”

Depressive features among adult patients receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV in Rustenburg district, SA

“…[6] The prevalence of mental disorders in the adult African rural community of SA is 23.9%, and 4.8% of these disorders are major depression. [7] The link is partly related to the stress associated with being diagnosed with a highly stigmatised chronic condition, as well as the direct effect of HIV on the central nervous system later in the course of disease. [5] The treatment given for HIV has been associated with high levels of depression, which can be caused by the antiretroviral drug efavirenz.…”