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Socio-economic position and common mental disorders - Longitudinal study in the general population in the UK
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Skapinakis, Petros, Weich, Scott, Lewis, Glyn, Singleton , Nicola and Araya, Ricardo. (2006) Socio-economic position and common mental disorders - Longitudinal study in the general population in the UK. British Journal of Psychiatry, 189 . pp. 109-117. ISSN 0007-1250
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.105.014449
Abstract
Background: Individuals in lower socio-economic groups have an increased prevalence of common mental disorders. Aims: To investigate the longitudinal association between socio-economic position and common mental disorders in a general population sample in the UK. Method: Participants (n=2406) were assessed at two time points 18 months apart with the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule. The sample was stratified into two cohorts according to mental health status at baseline. Results: None of the socio-economic indicators studied was significantly associated with an episode of common mental disorder at follow-up after adjusting for baseline psychiatric morbidity. The analysis of separate diagnostic categories showed that subjective financial difficulties at baseline were independently associated with depression at follow-up in both cohorts. Conclusions: These findings support the view that apart from objective measures of socio-economic position, more subjective measures might be equally important from an aetiological or clinical perspective. Declaration of interest: None.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Psychiatry |
| Publisher: | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| ISSN: | 0007-1250 |
| Date: | August 2006 |
| Volume: | 189 |
| Number of Pages: | 9 |
| Page Range: | pp. 109-117 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.014449 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | Department of Health (UK), Scottish Executive Health Department |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33193 |
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