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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. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.105.014449 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 Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Psychiatry | ||||
Publisher: | Royal College of Psychiatrists | ||||
ISSN: | 0007-1250 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | 189 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 109-117 | ||||
DOI: | 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 |
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