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Socio-economic position and common mental disorders
— longitudinal study in the general population in the UK | | Author(s) | Petros Skapinakis, Scott Weich, Glyn Lewis |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 189, August 2006 |
| Pages | pp 109-117 |
| Source | http://bjp.rcpsych.org |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Socio-economic groups ; Measurement ; Demography ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | Individuals in lower socio-economic groups (SEGs) have an increased prevalence of common mental disorders. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal association between socio-economic position and common mental disorders in a general population sample in the UK. 2406 participants were assessed at two time points 18 months apart with the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R). The sample was stratified into two cohorts according to mental health status at baseline. After adjusting for baseline psychiatric morbidity, none of the socio-economic indicators studied was significantly associated with an episode of common mental disorder at follow-up. The analysis of separate diagnostic categories showed that subjective financial difficulties at baseline were independently associated with depression at follow-up in both cohorts. These findings support the view that apart from objective measures of socio-economic position, more objective measures might be equally important from an aetiological or clinical perspective. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060918205 A |
| Classmark | E: T4: 3R: S8: 3J |
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