Biology & Life Sciences

Social Psychiatry

Published January 12, 2021 Curated Collections

Social contexts and environments have a critical influence on psychiatric morbidity. Whilst biological mechanisms can explain some aspects of psychiatric disorders, their influence is moderated by a myriad of societal factors. This Collection highlights research on the impact of social conditions on individuals' mental wellbeing, including epidemiological research on the predictors and influencing factors on the incidence of psychiatric disorders.

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PLOS ONE Measuring connectedness to nature in preschool children in an urban setting and its relation to psychological functioning
November 29, 2018 Tanja Sobko, Zhenzhen Jia, Gavin Brown
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PLOS ONE Firefighters, posttraumatic stress disorder, and barriers to treatment: Results from a nationwide total population survey
January 5, 2018 Jieun E. Kim, Stephen R. Dager, Hyeonseok S. Jeong, Jiyoung Ma, Shinwon Park, Jungyoon Kim, Yera Choi, Suji L. Lee, Ilhyang Kang, Eunji Ha, Han Byul Cho, Sunho Lee, Eui-Jung Kim, Sujung Yoon, In Kyoon Lyoo
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PLOS ONE Effect of socioeconomic status on behavioral problems from preschool to early elementary school – A Japanese longitudinal study
May 24, 2018 Rikuya Hosokawa, Toshiki Katsura
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PLOS ONE Factors affecting psychological well-being: Evidence from two nationally representative surveys
June 13, 2018 G. Oskrochi, Ahmed Bani-Mustafa, Y. Oskrochi

Financial status is thought to be an important determinant of psychological well-being. We investigate this relationship, and the effect…
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PLOS ONE The dimensionality and latent structure of mental health difficulties and wellbeing in early adolescence
February 26, 2019 Louise Black, Margarita Panayiotou, Neil Humphrey
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PLOS ONE Socioeconomic status, stressful life situations and mental health problems in children and adolescents: Results of the German BELLA cohort-study
March 13, 2019 Franziska Reiss, Ann-Katrin Meyrose, Christiane Otto, Thomas Lampert, Fionna Klasen, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
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PLOS ONE Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study
April 17, 2019 Sukhpreet K. Tamana, Victor Ezeugwu, Joyce Chikuma, Diana L. Lefebvre, Meghan B. Azad, Theo J. Moraes, Padmaja Subbarao, Allan B. Becker, Stuart E. Turvey, Malcolm R. Sears, Bruce D. Dick, Valerie Carson, Carmen Rasmussen, CHILD study Investigators , Jacqueline Pei, Piush J. Mandhane

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