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DOI	10.1073/pnas.2022472118
	Evidence and theory for lower rates of depression in larger US urban areas
	Stier A.J.; Schertz K.E.; Rim N.W.; Cardenas-Iniguez C.; Lahey B.B.; Bettencourt L.M.A.; Berman M.G.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0027-8424
卷号	118 期号:31
英文摘要	It is commonly assumed that cities are detrimental to mental health. However, the evidence remains inconsistent and at most, makes the case for differences between rural and urban environments as a whole. Here, we propose a model of depression driven by an individual's accumulated experience mediated by social networks. The connection between observed systematic variations in socioeconomic networks and built environments with city size provides a link between urbanization and mental health. Surprisingly, this model predicts lower depression rates in larger cities. We confirm this prediction for US cities using four independent datasets. These results are consistent with other behaviors associated with denser socioeconomic networks and suggest that larger cities provide a buffer against depression. This approach introduces a systematic framework for conceptualizing and modeling mental health in complex physical and social networks, producing testable predictions for environmental and social determinants of mental health also applicable to other psychopathologies. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Built environment; Cities; Complex systems; Depression; Social networks
语种	英语
来源期刊	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/238841
作者单位	Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States; Division of Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States; Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States; The University of Chicago, Neuroscience Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stier A.J.,Schertz K.E.,Rim N.W.,et al. Evidence and theory for lower rates of depression in larger US urban areas[J],2021,118(31).
APA	Stier A.J..,Schertz K.E..,Rim N.W..,Cardenas-Iniguez C..,Lahey B.B..,...&Berman M.G..(2021).Evidence and theory for lower rates of depression in larger US urban areas.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,118(31).
MLA	Stier A.J.,et al."Evidence and theory for lower rates of depression in larger US urban areas".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118.31(2021).