Depression symptoms in South Africa: the link to subjective social status

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Mutyambizi
KEYWORDS: DEPRESSION, QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIAL STATUS
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10688
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13543
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13543

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Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, depression is one of the most common mental disorders, which affected more than 4% of the global population in 2015. It is the single largest contributor to global disability, accounting for 7.5% of years of life lived with disability.