Does the urban environment cause psychosis

The paper by Sundquist et al is a welcome addition to a growing body of evidence linking exposures in the urban environment to the onset of schizophrenia ( [Sundquist et al , 2004][1], this issue). They also report, in agreement with the literature, that a similar association exists for depression

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