George J Musa, Lupo Geronazzo-Alman, Bin Fan, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Rachel Bavley, Judith Wicks, Michaeline Bresnahan, Lawrence Amsel, Emily Fiano, Glenn Saxe, Erich Kummerfeld, Sisi Ma, Christina W Hoven
Studies of the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and childhood/adolescent psychopathology in large samples examined one outcome only, and/or general (e.g., 'psychological distress') or aggregate (e.g., 'any anxiety disorder') measures of psychopathology. Thus, in the only representative sample of New York City public school 4th-12th graders (N = 8202) surveyed after the attacks of 9/11/2001, this study examined whether (1) indices of neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Quality, and Safety and (2) neighborhood disadvantage (defined as multidimensional combinations of SES, Quality and Safety indicators) are associated with eight psychiatric disorders: posttraumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety disorder (SAD), agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, major depression, conduct disorder, and alcohol use disorder (AUD)...
June 2021: Journal of Psychiatric Research