Medical Xpress July 10, 2024
Amsterdam University Medical Centers

Poverty and mental illness are not only linked, but there is also a causal relationship. This is the conclusion of researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Modena. Their study shows that while certain mental health issues can hinder financial stability, poverty is also one of the causal factors leading to mental health problems. This study was published today in Nature Human Behaviour.

“This study indicates that certain mental health problems can make a person’s financial situation uncertain. But conversely, we also see that can lead to mental health problems,” says Marco Boks, psychiatrist at Amsterdam UMC.

Previous research has shown a strong correlation between poverty and mental illness, but disentanglement between cause and...

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