Abstract:
Mental health is a factor influenced by external and environmental factors. At the end of 2019 an economic crisis started in Lebanon which is still going till today. The crisis severely affected employment, local and large businesses, job loss, reductions in income, and poverty increased. Accordingly, the focus of this work is to execute a systematic study about the impact of the economic crisis on the levels of depression in people. We conducted our study on the Google Form Data Base, and a total of 13 articles were used in the literature review. All the studies in the 13 articles showed mostly the impact of the economic crisis on employees and local businesses. All the studies that were implemented around the world showed that an economic crisis did lead to depression and other mood disorders. This cross-sectional study will target low income, middle income, and high-income groups to compare the levels of depression. Mental health plays a vital role when it comes to an economic crisis that can destroy lives and the person not being able to live up to his expectations anymore.
