Living in poverty significantly elevates risk of common mental disorders, but the underlying
mechanisms are poorly specified. The stress of coping with household food insecurity is …

Background Lack of access to clean water has well known implications for communicable
disease risks, but the broader construct of water insecurity is little studied, and its mental …

Elevated levels of mental health symptoms–especially related to depression and anxiety–
are observed in water-insecure communities. A small set of ethnographic studies have …

Recent research suggests that insecure access to key resources is associated with negative
mental health outcomes. Many of these studies focus on drought and famine in agricultural …

Theoretical analyses by anthropologists suggest that food and water insecurity exhibit
multiple conceptual parallels, hold similar consequences for wellbeing, and lead to …

Background Water insecurity poses a significant global challenge to health and
development. While the biophysical and economic impacts of inadequate water and …

Objectives Food and water insecurity have both been demonstrated as acute and chronic
stressors and undermine human health and development. A basic untested proposition is …

Water security is critical to the health and well-being of people around the world, especially
among populations experiencing water stresses and rapid urbanization in low-to middle …

Research suggests that experiences of water insecurity may negatively impact the psycho-
emotional wellbeing of water-insecure households. This paper examines how perceived …

There is a well‐established connection among water quality, sanitation, and physical health.
The potentially important relationship between water and mental health is considerably less …