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

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 10:13 in Health & Medicine

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 study of nearly 4,000 families who were monitored over 30 years.

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