Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda: a cross-sectional population-based study.

Background: Poor mental health predicts sexual risk behaviours in high-income countries, but little is known about this association in low-income settings in sub-Saharan Africa where HIV is prevalent. This study investigated whether depression, psychological distress and alcohol use are associated with sexual risk behaviours in young Ugandan adults.

Method: Household sampling was performed in two Ugandan districts, with 646 men and women aged 18-30 years recruited.

Urbanicity of place of birth and symptoms of psychosis, depression and anxiety in Uganda.

Background: The mechanism underlying the association between urban birth/upbringing and increased schizophrenia risk is unknown. This study explored whether an urban effect might be present in a low-income country setting, where the ;urban' environment may have radically different components, for example urban architecture, pollution levels or social cohesion.

Aims: To investigate the potential association of urbanicity of place of birth and symptoms of psychosis, depression and anxiety in Uganda.