Psychosis is a heterogeneous psychiatric condition for which a multitude of risk and
protective factors have been suggested. This umbrella review aimed to classify the strength …

Twenty-first century urbanization poses increasing challenges for mental health.
Epidemiological studies have shown that mental health problems often accumulate in urban …

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

Objective Research implicates environmental risk factors, including correlates of urbanicity,
deprivation, and environmental toxins, in psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). The current …

Aim A growing body of evidence suggests that urban living contributes to the development of
psychosis. However, the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain unclear. This …

This paper examines the way in which sociology and biology continue to struggle to
understand why urban life creates high levels of mental disorder. The movement of the world …

Genes, as well as the environment, are known to affect mental health. However, the effects
of the physical environment on mental health are not well understood. The emerging field of …

The environment influences brain and mental health, both detrimentally and beneficially.
Existing research has emphasised the individual psychosocial 'microenvironment'. Less …

Urban residency is associated with exposure to environmental factors, which can influence
health in many ways. Neuroscientific research, as well as Public Health research, aim …

Urbanicity has been linked to several psychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia.
Recent studies suggest effects of urban upbringing and stress on brain structure and …