Why Are Children in Urban Neighborhoods at Increased Risk for Psychotic Symptoms? Findings from a UK Longitudinal Cohort Study

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1372-1383

  Newbury, Joanne ^a   Arseneault, Louise ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Odgers, Candice L ^c   Fisher, Helen L ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood psychotic symptoms; neighborhood characteristics; psychosis; social cohesion; urbanicity

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; ANXIETY; CRIME VICTIM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84994477680     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw052     Document Type: Article

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