Associations between the social organization of communities and psychiatric disorders in rural Asia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
William G AxinnKate M Scott

Abstract

We provide rare evidence of factors producing psychiatric variation in a general population sample from rural South Asia. The setting is particularly useful for demonstrating that variations in the social organization of communities, often difficult to observe in rich countries, are associated with important variations in mental health. Clinically validated survey measures are used to document variation in psychiatric disorders among 401 adults. This sample is chosen from a systematic sample of the general population of rural Nepal, in a community-level-controlled comparison design. Multilevel logistic regression is used to estimate multivariate models of the association between community-level nonfamily social organization and individual-level psychiatric disorders. Schools, markets, health services and social support groups each substantially reduce the odds of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intermittent explosive disorder and anxiety disorders. Associations between schools, health services and social support groups and depression are statistically significant and independent of each other. The association between access to markets and PTSD is statistically significant and independent of other social organ...Continue Reading

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Mar 12, 2019·Psychological Medicine·William G AxinnKate M Scott
Mar 17, 2020·Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health : CP & EMH·Akin Ojagbemi, Oye Gureje

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