Research Symposium

BIO

My name is Kyleigh Bishop and I am a first-year student majoring in Cell and Molecular: Neuroscience on a pre-med track. This research revolves around global public health and healthcare access specifically mental health services in Honduras. This is important to the field of medicine because holistic healthcare encompassing both mental and physical health is a universal necessity/right.

Investigation of the Prevalence of Depressive and Generalized Anxiety Symptoms in Rural Honduras

Abstract

Although studies have suggested that mental health disorders have been underestimated in low-to-middle-income countries, little information on depressive symptoms has been reported within rural communities. Our research focuses on the prevalence of depressive and generalized anxiety symptoms in rural Gracias a Dios, Honduras. Through the use of non-validated, self-constructed surveys we were able to determine relative prevalences of these symptoms. In the future, publications of this study can be used to respond to the lack of literature on mental health services and prevalence within Honduras. This study calls to further spread mental health awareness while promoting its evaluation and overall access in rural Honduras.

Keywords: Mental health, GHCP, Depression, Anxiety