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cultural attitudes have affected women who live in urban slums. Moreover,

they face emotional stress through violence and financial crises.

According to the literature analysis, urbanisation significantly affects mental

disorders in the SAARC countries. Urbanisation, related psychosocial
stressors, lack of access to mental health treatments, migration, and cultural

variables all have a role in the increased prevalence of mental disorders in
urban communities. However, further study is required to comprehend the

intricate relationship between urbanisation and mental health in the SAARC

countries.

6. Research Methodology

Study used the secondary data sources and the data file used for the study is

presented in the S1 Appendix. The data analysis was done using polynomial

regression, which included observations of eight SAARC countries. A
secondary source of data on urbanisation and mental disorders were collected

from the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

(IHME) from 1991 to 2019. The IHME and World Bank are well known in
the field of public health research for their extensive and thoroughly collected

health-related databases. As evidence that the use of IHME data is consistent
with accepted methods within the research community, it cann be shown that

numerous studies in this field of study have used IHME and World Bank data

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