The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Risk of Schizophrenia

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_193How to use a DOI?

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Schizophrenia; Socioeconomic Status; Parental Educational Level; Wealth Gap

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a group of unknown etiology of chronic diseases. It has a slow or subacute onset, and its clinical symptoms often vary in different individual. It involves atypicality in sensory perception, thinking, emotion and behavior areas like other disorders, but especially the mental activity in schizophrenia is not coordinated. Studies have led to significant research into the biological causes of schizophrenia, especially gene expression and brain structure. Understanding its environmental factors is important for clinical practice. Thus, this paper focuses on non-genetic studies. It mainly analyzed the environmental influences on schizophrenia from the perspective of risk factors, such as socioeconomic status, education, and social environment. Researchers used a variety of methods, including questionnaires and telephone interviews. At the same time, they looked at parental social status in detail, including family histories of mental illness and individual stress level. Studies have shown that the prevalence of schizophrenia has increased in recent years, especially in urban areas, so this paper chooses to explore the social causes. Numerous data suggest that there is a certain correlation between SES and risk of schizophrenia. One limitation of previous studies is that only the influences of SES were examined, and its interactions with other factors (e.g., genetics) were still unknown. This paper confirms that the environmental factors are associated with schizophrenia, and future research needs to conduct more longitudinal studies. This review can provide guidance to the development of prevention and intervention programs for (at-risk) schizophrenia patients.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qiyue Gai
AU  - Xi Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Risk of Schizophrenia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1644
EP  - 1651
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_193
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_193
ID  - Gai2022
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