Abstract
No issues in psychiatric epidemiology have proved more persistent or compelling than those raised by the differences in rates according to social class. Most of the major types of functional mental disorders show this relationship. Specifically, rates of schizophrenia, major depression (at least in women), antisocial personality, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse appear to be highest in the lowest social class (Dohrenwend and Dohrenwend 1981).
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Dohrenwend, B.P. (1987). Social Class and Mental Disorder: The Stress/Selection Issue. In: Angermeyer, M.C. (eds) From Social Class to Social Stress. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52057-0_6
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