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Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions

Solmi, F; Dykxhoorn, J; kirkbride, J; (2017) Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions. In: Okkels, N and Blanner Kristiansen, C and Munk-Jorgensen, P, (eds.) Mental Health and Illness in the City. Springer: Singapore. Green open access

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Abstract

In this chapter, we review the evidence for rural-urban and spatial variation of three major sets of mental health disorders: schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, common mental disorders including depression and anxiety, and suicide. For each, we review the recent literature which has addressed these issues and report the main strengths and limitations of the available evidence. The most consistent evidence for rural-urban gradients in mental health risk are found to exist for schizophrenia and suicide, with more mixed evidence in relation to common mental disorders. For schizophrenia and suicide, we go on to review the major hypotheses that have been put forward to account for rural-urban variation in risk.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0752-1_7-1
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0752-1_7-1
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: schizophrenia, depression, urbanicity, suicide
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070213
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