TB and depression are linking up to devastate SA
08 March 2019 - 08:00
By SIPOKAZI FOKAZI
Image: Gallo Images/iStockphoto A new study has found that South Africans diagnosed with TB are more likely to be depressed.
South Africans diagnosed with TB are more likely to be depressed, according to a new study, and areas with high TB numbers are considered depression “hot spots”.
Researchers from the universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Cincinnati identified a clear link between TB and depression when they went back to “clusters” identified as depression hot spots a decade ago.
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