Load shedding and mental health in South Africa: Methodological challenges of establishing causal links

IF 1.5 4区综合性期刊 Q2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

South African Journal of Science Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI:10.17159/sajs.2023/16661

J. Bantjes, L. Swartz

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Abstract

) 2 and “toll” ( The Daily Maverick ) 3 which imply that load shedding will lead to mental health casualties, while also framing mental illness as an inevitable and certain consequence of load shedding ( Times Live ) 4 . Crucially, some reports distort the available evidence to fit their account of a crisis by overreaching on what can be concluded from empirical data, as we discuss below. Even more worrying is the potential conflation of something which is clearly disruptive and bad for society (i

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南非的负荷削减和心理健康：建立因果关系的方法学挑战

) 2和“通行费”(The Daily Maverick) 3，暗示减负荷将导致精神健康伤亡，同时也将精神疾病视为减负荷不可避免的必然后果(Times Live) 4。至关重要的是，一些报告过分夸大了从经验数据中得出的结论，歪曲了现有证据，以符合他们对危机的描述，我们将在下面讨论。更令人担忧的是，某些显然具有破坏性和对社会有害的东西(如

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3.20

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4.20%

发文量

131

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Science is a multidisciplinary journal published bimonthly by the Academy of Science of South Africa. Our mandate is to publish original research with an interdisciplinary or regional focus, which will interest readers from more than one discipline, and to provide a forum for discussion of news and developments in research and higher education. Authors are requested to write their papers and reports in a manner and style that is intelligible to specialists and non-specialists alike. Research contributions, which are peer reviewed, are of three kinds: Review Articles, Research Articles and Research Letters.