Psychological distress among a population-representative sample of residents of four slum neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Tymejczyk O, Rivera VR, Peck M, Dorélien A, Petion JS, Seo G, Walsh KF, Pape JW, McNAIRY ML, Fitzgerald DW, Nash D, Parcesepe A. Psychological distress among a population-representative sample of residents of four slum neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Journal of affective disorders. 2020 Feb 15;263(263). 241-245. PMID: 31818783 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC6989354 NIHMSID: NIHMS1546115.

Almost one billion people live in slum environments across low- and middle-income countries. Little is known about the mental health status of slum residents or its associations with living conditions.