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cord-011903-zqt6vu6d	Duby, Zoe	“As a Young Pregnant Girl… The Challenges You Face”: Exploring the Intersection Between Mental Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health Amongst Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa	2020-07-18		.txt	text/plain	7227	295	47	Poor mental health, including depressive disorders and stress, contributes significantly to the burden of disease in South Africa, and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and is also associated with negative sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes for women, such as 'unintended' or early pregnancy, and increased risk behaviours for HIV [1] [2] [3] . In the accounts of AGYW, poor mental health, including depression and suicidal risk were linked to sexual/ romantic relationship challenges, early pregnancy and child-bearing, parenting responsibilities, experiences of violence/abuse, HIV status, and lack of emotional support. Building on previous research that has found associations between depressive symptoms and psychological distress related to pregnancy, combined with a lack of social support amongst South African women [16] , our findings provide rich descriptive data on the lived reality of the interconnected psychosocial risks including stress, emotional isolation, feelings of depression and suicidal ideation, with 'unintended' pregnancy and HIV that AGYW in South Africa face, from their own perspectives.	./cache/cord-011903-zqt6vu6d.txt	./txt/cord-011903-zqt6vu6d.txt