There was a greater incidence of the condition in densely populated inner city areas of Chicago
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Os et al (2010
Showed that there is a higher incidence of people born and raised in urban areas to develop schizophrenia
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Krabbenden and Os (2005)
Environmental pollution, overcrowding, drug abuse and exposure to toxins and infectious agents can lead to greater levels of schizophrenia
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Faris (1934)
suggested people with schizophrenia find contact with other people to be stressful and therefore withdraw. In urbanicity and overcrowding, it can lead to the individual with the condition to be socially isolated
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Jones et al (1994)
Those diagnosed more likely to play alone at 4 & 6 yrs old. When 13 yrs old, there was greater chance of them rating themselves as less socially confident
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Mahy et al (1999)
Genetics have been eliminated because the increased risk were not shown in studies that took place in the Caribbean
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Harrison et al (1988)
there is increased risk & diagnosis rates amongst 1st generation immigrants but higher rated noted in children of Afro-Carribean migrants in UK
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McKenzie et al (2002)
high levels of social capital may actually protect us from stress
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Pedersen and Mortensen (2001)
those who had high risk of psychotic disorders reduced likelihood of developing schizophrenia if they moved to a rural environment
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Os et al (2000)
single people who lived in neighbourhoods with few other single people were at greater risk of developing schizophrenia, arguably due to isolation and lonliness
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Boydell et al (2001)
incidence rates of schizophrenia increased in ethnic minorities as the proportion of the ethnic minorities fell, suggesting that social experience contributed to development of illness
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Showed that there is a higher incidence of people born and raised in urban areas to develop schizophrenia
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Os et al (2010
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Environmental pollution, overcrowding, drug abuse and exposure to toxins and infectious agents can lead to greater levels of schizophrenia
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suggested people with schizophrenia find contact with other people to be stressful and therefore withdraw. In urbanicity and overcrowding, it can lead to the individual with the condition to be socially isolated
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Those diagnosed more likely to play alone at 4 & 6 yrs old. When 13 yrs old, there was greater chance of them rating themselves as less socially confident
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