Urbanicity and psychotic disorders: Facts and hypotheses
Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2023 Dec;25(1):122-138. doi: 10.1080/19585969.2023.2272824. Epub 2023 Nov 23.ABSTRACTIn the present qualitative literature review, we summarise data on psychotic disorders and urbanicity, focusing particularly on recent findings. Longitudinal studies of the impact of urbanicity on the risk for psychotic disorders have consistently shown a significant association, with a relative risk between 2 and 2.5. However, most of the original studies were conducted in Western Europe, and no incidence studies were conducted in low- and middle-income countries. European studies suggest that neighbourhood-level ...
Source: Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience - November 23, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Baptiste Pignon Andrei Sz öke Benson Ku Maria Melchior Franck Sch ürhoff Source Type: research
Urbanicity and psychotic disorders: Facts and hypotheses
Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2023 Dec;25(1):122-138. doi: 10.1080/19585969.2023.2272824. Epub 2023 Nov 23.ABSTRACTIn the present qualitative literature review, we summarise data on psychotic disorders and urbanicity, focusing particularly on recent findings. Longitudinal studies of the impact of urbanicity on the risk for psychotic disorders have consistently shown a significant association, with a relative risk between 2 and 2.5. However, most of the original studies were conducted in Western Europe, and no incidence studies were conducted in low- and middle-income countries. European studies suggest that neighbourhood-level ...
Source: Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience - November 23, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Baptiste Pignon Andrei Sz öke Benson Ku Maria Melchior Franck Sch ürhoff Source Type: research
