%A Amit,Noh %A Ismail,Rozmi %A Zumrah,Abdul Rahim %A Mohd Nizah,Mohd Azmir %A Tengku Muda,Tengku Elmi Azlina %A Tat Meng,Edbert Chia %A Ibrahim,Norhayati %A Che Din,Normah %D 2020 %J Frontiers in Psychology %C %F %G English %K indebtedness,Depression,Anxiety,stress,Suicide,Systematic review,Asia,suicide ideation %Q %R 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01336 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2020-July-10 %9 Systematic Review %# %! Relationship Between Debt and Depression %* %< %T Relationship Between Debt and Depression, Anxiety, Stress, or Suicide Ideation in Asia: A Systematic Review %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01336 %V 11 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-1078 %X Background: This article aims to review research manuscripts in the past 5 years that focus on the effects of debt on depression, anxiety, stress, or suicide ideation in Asian countries.Methods: A search for literature based on the PRISMA guidelines was conducted on Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect, resulting in nine manuscripts meeting inclusion criteria. The studies were conducted in Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Pakistan, India, Cambodia, and China.Results: The findings of the studies show that there is evidence to support that being in debt is related to Asian participants experiencing depression, anxiety, stress, or suicide ideation. However, the studies are limited to quantitative studies only. The definition of debt is also unclear in most manuscripts. Few manuscripts also examined how other factors influence the relationship between debt and mental illness.Conclusion: There are limited studies on the psychological effects of debt on the Asian population. Future studies should focus on the relationship between debt and psychological well-being among this population.