Depression during the COVID pandemic in La Manouba Governorate, Tunisia: A community survey.
Mauro Giovanni CartaViviane Kovess MasfetyAmina AissaAmine LarnaoutYosra ZguebLubna A AlnasserMaria Francesca MoroFederica SancassianiElisa CantoneSalsabil RjaibiNada ZoghlamiMejdi ZidHajer Aounallah-SkhiriUta OualiPublished in: The International journal of social psychiatry (2024)
In Tunisia, the pandemic seems to have increased the risk of depression in people experiencing a precarious financial situation, also due to the pre-existing economic crisis. Specific local level factors, such as not establishing a rigid lockdown for an extended period, may have protected young people and allowed for better mourning in families suffering the loss of a loved one.