Food insecurity and common mental disorders in perinatal women living in low socio-economic settings in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cohort study

Abstract Background Common mental disorders (CMDs), i.e. depression and anxiety, are highly prevalent during the perinatal period, and is associated with poverty, food insecurity and domestic violence. We collected data from perinatal women at two time-points during the COVID-19 pandemic to test the...

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Published in:	Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
Main Authors:	Zulfa Abrahams, Crick Lund
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2022-01-01
Subjects:	COVID depression domestic violence food security perinatal
Online Access:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425122000127/type/journal_article