Does the urban environment independently increase the risk for both negative and positive features of psychosis?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 460-464

  van Os, Jim ^a,b   Hanssen, Manon ^a   de Graaf, Ron ^c   Vollebergh, Wilma ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Negative symptoms; Positive symptoms; Psychosis; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036939723     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0588-x     Document Type: Article

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