TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood change and psychotic experiences in a general population sample
AU - Narita, Zui
AU - Knowles, Kandra
AU - Fedina, Lisa
AU - Oh, Hans
AU - Stickley, Andrew
AU - Kelleher, Ian
AU - DeVylder, Jordan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Social stress caused by the neighborhood environment may be a risk factor for psychotic experiences (PEs). However, little information is available on the effect of the perception of the neighborhood in relation to PEs. In a general population study in the United States (N = 974), we examined the relationship between PEs and neighborhood disruption/gentrification. When adjusted for age, sex, race, income, nativity, city, marital status, and common mental disorders, higher disruption scores were significantly associated with higher odds for any PE (odds ratio = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.05–1.12). The same pattern of associations was observed for individual PEs including delusional mood, delusion of reference and persecution, delusion of control, and hallucination. This study suggests that subjectively perceived neighborhood change may be a factor contributing to the occurrence of PEs. There was no significant relationship between PE and gentrification. Having a low income and racial minority status did not modify this association. Future studies can employ comparative longitudinal analyses of individuals/neighborhoods/cities, geographical information systems, and ethnography, to examine the impact of neighborhood change on mental health.
AB - Social stress caused by the neighborhood environment may be a risk factor for psychotic experiences (PEs). However, little information is available on the effect of the perception of the neighborhood in relation to PEs. In a general population study in the United States (N = 974), we examined the relationship between PEs and neighborhood disruption/gentrification. When adjusted for age, sex, race, income, nativity, city, marital status, and common mental disorders, higher disruption scores were significantly associated with higher odds for any PE (odds ratio = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.05–1.12). The same pattern of associations was observed for individual PEs including delusional mood, delusion of reference and persecution, delusion of control, and hallucination. This study suggests that subjectively perceived neighborhood change may be a factor contributing to the occurrence of PEs. There was no significant relationship between PE and gentrification. Having a low income and racial minority status did not modify this association. Future studies can employ comparative longitudinal analyses of individuals/neighborhoods/cities, geographical information systems, and ethnography, to examine the impact of neighborhood change on mental health.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Gentrification
KW - Neighborhood
KW - Psychosis
KW - Schizoaffective disorder
KW - Schizophrenia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.036
DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.036
M3 - Article
C2 - 31791815
AN - SCOPUS:85075906270
SN - 0920-9964
VL - 216
SP - 316
EP - 321
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
ER -