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Psychological assessments were administered across two waves between August 2019 and March 2020 and during the first 6 weeks of the lockdown (late March\u2013early May 2020). Interviews on COVID-19 experiences were administered in the second wave. Multiple regression models examined relationships between perceived COVID-19 risk and depression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291720003414_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Full data on perceived COVID-19 risk, depression, and covariates were available in 221 adults. In total, 14.5% of adults were at risk for depression. Higher perceived COVID-19 risk predicted greater depressive symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), particularly among adults with histories of childhood trauma, though this effect was marginally significant (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.063). Adults were about two times more likely to experience significant depressive symptoms for every one unit increase in perceived COVID-19 risk (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.021; 95% CI 1.10\u20133.39). Qualitative data identified potent experiences of anxiety, financial insecurity, fear of infection, and rumination.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291720003414_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher perceived risk of COVID-19 infection is associated with greater depressive symptoms during the first 6 weeks of quarantine. High rates of severe mental illness and low availability of mental healthcare amidst COVID-19 emphasize the need for immediate and accessible psychological resources.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0033291720003414","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,7]],"date-time":"2020-09-07T23:54:46Z","timestamp":1599522886000},"page":"1587-1599","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":129,"title":["Evaluating the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: perceived risk of COVID-19 infection and childhood trauma predict adult depressive symptoms in urban South Africa"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"52","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0148-7565","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrew Wooyoung","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tawanda","family":"Nyengerai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5826-1321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emily","family":"Mendenhall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0033291720003414_ref56","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1043659602250614"},{"key":"S0033291720003414_ref35","article-title":"Community responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong: Risk perception, information exposure and preventive measures","author":"Kwok","year":"2020","journal-title":"MedRxiv"},{"key":"S0033291720003414_ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0021-843X.95.2.107"},{"key":"S0033291720003414_ref74","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"513","DOI":"10.1177\/008124630403400401","article-title":"How has psychology fared over ten years of democracy? 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