TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Major depression in Cyprus amid financial crisis: prevalence and correlates
JO  - International journal of culture and mental health
A1  - Economou, Marina
A1  - Souliotis, Kyriakos
A1  - Peppou, Lily Evangelia
A1  - Agapidaki, Irene
A1  - Tzavara, Chara
A1  - Stefanis, Costas N.
SP  - 255
EP  - 267
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - Major depression is a common mental health disorder and one of the most pressing public health concerns worldwide. No nationwide survey, which investigates the prevalence of a particular mental disorder, has ever been conducted in Cyprus. The present study aims to fill this gap by attempting to explore the prevalence and correlates of major depression in Cyprus amid financial crisis.A random and representative sample of 600 adult Cypriots participated in the study. The presence of major depression was assessed with the pertinent module of the Structured Clinical Interview (SCI-D), while the Index of Personal Economical Distress (IPED) was employed in order to measure participants' degree of financial strain.One-month prevalence of major depression was found to be 11.5%. A substantial proportion of the sample reported difficulties in paying household bills (40.9%), clothing (38.9%) and the supermarket (37.1%). Furthermore, female gender, divorced/widowed family status, low educational attainment, unemployment and financial hardship were found to be risk factors for major depression; whereas social networks and institutional trust were found to act in a protective manner.The present study suggests that the impact of financial crisis on mental health is unequally distributed among the general population in Cyprus, rendering certain subgroups particularly vulnerable.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1754-2863
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1364283
ID  - ref1
ER  -