Understanding urbanicity: how interdisciplinary methods help to unravel the effects of the city on mental health

L. Krabbendam; Mark van Vugt; P. Conus; Ola Söderström; Lilith Abrahamyan Empson; Jim van Os; A.-K.J. Fett

doi:10.1017/S0033291720000355

Understanding urbanicity: how interdisciplinary methods help to unravel the effects of the city on mental health

L. Krabbendam
, Mark van Vugt
, P. Conus
, Ola Söderström
, Lilith Abrahamyan Empson
, Jim van Os
, A.-K.J. Fett

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Abstract

Twenty-first century urbanization poses increasing challenges for mental health. Epidemiological studies have shown that mental health problems often accumulate in urban areas, compared to rural areas, and suggested possible underlying causes associated with the social and physical urban environments. Emerging work indicates complex urban effects that depend on many individual and contextual factors at the neighbourhood and country level and novel experimental work is starting to dissect potential underlying mechanisms. This review summarizes findings from epidemiology and population-based studies, neuroscience, experimental and experience-based research and illustrates how a combined approach can move the field towards an increased understanding of the urbanicity-mental health nexus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1099-1110
Number of pages	12
Journal	Psychological Medicine
Volume	51
Issue number	7
Early online date	11 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720000355
Publication status	Published - May 2020

Funding

Professor Lydia Krabbendam is supported by an ERC Consolidator grant (648082 SCANS). Dr Anne-Kathrin Fett was supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behaviour research Foundation (24138). Professor Philippe Conus, Professor Ola S?derstr?m and Lilit Abrahamyan Empson are supported by a grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (CR13I1-153320). Financial support. Professor Lydia Krabbendam is supported by an ERC Consolidator grant (648082 SCANS). Dr Anne-Kathrin Fett was supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behaviour research Foundation (24138). Professor Philippe Conus, Professor Ola Söderström and Lilit Abrahamyan Empson are supported by a grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (CR13I1_153320).

Funders	Funder number
Young Investigator Grant
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
European Research Council
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation	24138
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	648082
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung	153320, CR13I1_153320

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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