Growing up in poverty increases diagnoses of psychosis-spectrum mental illnesses

(University of California - Davis) Growing up in impoverished urban neighborhoods more than doubles your chances over the average person of developing a psychosis-spectrum disorder by the time you reach middle adulthood, according to a new UC Davis and Concordia University study of nearly 4,000 families who were monitored over 30 years.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2GuIQG1