研究调查了城市生活和精神疾病之间的联系

精神障碍和生活在城市地区之间的联系似乎反映了增加社会分裂现在在城市,在9月的一份报告称普通精神病学文献。

“有一个巨大的全球发病率的变化精神分裂症”,作者写这篇文章的背景。”最明显的地理分布模式在这个利率是城市精神分裂症的发病率高于农村地区。”特点的社区增加患精神病的风险包括人口和民族密度、贫困和社会分裂或减少社会资本和凝聚力。

检查是否个人、学校或地区特征与精神病和可以解释相关的协会与城市化(城市)的质量,斯坦利博士,卡迪夫大学、卡迪夫、威尔士,和他的同事们研究了总共203829人生活在瑞典,与数据在个体、学校,市、县。

根据调查结果,“非情感性精神病的风险是在城市和城镇高于农村地区。”Of the 203,829 people in the study, 328 (0.16 percent) were ever admitted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, 741 (0.36 percent) with other nonaffective psychoses, 355 (0.17 percent) with affective psychoses and 953 (0.47 percent) with other psychoses. Additionally, the authors found that almost all variance in the risk of nonaffective psychosis was explained at the individual-level rather than at a higher-level variation. "An association between urbanicity and nonaffective psychosis was explained by higher-level characteristics, primarily school-level social fragmentation." The authors "observed cross-level markers of ethnicity, social fragmentation and deprivation on risk of developing any精神障碍与定性的交互模式,所有。”

作者评论说,“在城市化地区与风险增加发展中任何非情感性精神病障碍。”Additionally, "this association was explained primarily by area characteristics rather than by characteristics of the individuals themselves. Social fragmentation was the most important area characteristic that explained the increased risk of精神病个人在城市里长大的。”The authors also note that, "our findings highlight the concern that physical integration alone is not sufficient but that some of the positive characteristics traditionally conferred by segregation, such as a localized sense of safety, cohesion and community spirit, must also be maintained to enhance the mental health of individuals within the population."