Poverty and Child Mental Health

Increase the risk of intellectual disability in children with scabies

“…Furthermore, both scabies and ID are thought to be more common in patients with a lower socioeconomic status and in crowed environment according to previous reports. [14,16] Our study found an 104% increased risk of ID in patients with scabies. Further studies are warranted to elucidate the entire mechanism and casual relationship.…”

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Self-reported Psychological Distress Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

“…This phenomenon may be attributed to the fact that families with poor economic conditions may be facing even more financial difficulty during the COVID-19 pandemic and may be restricted in living standards and diet or nutrition, so that negative emotions from the parents may be spread to children and adolescents, which may in turn increase psychological burden. Studies have demonstrated that individuals from families with low economic status are more likely to experience psychological distress . In addition, students who come from less developed areas and have a poor economic status might have limited resources to access the online courses, which might further impact the mental health status owing to a sense of falling behind in learning.…”

Postpartum mood among universally screened high and low socioeconomic status patients during COVID-19 social restrictions in New York City.

“…The alternative hypothesis, social causation proposes that people living in low SES develop psychiatric disorders as a result of adversity, including volatile income, limited support and material hardship. While the vast majority of research appears to support this hypothesis (37,38), it is equally probable that the nature of this relationship is cyclic, and that while living in poverty cultivates mental illness, the consequences of mental illness likely reinforce poverty. This is mirrored by the observation that increased rates of depression among new mothers in lower-SES are associated with the absence of spousal nancial and social support, material deprivation and subjective standing (39) leading to their offspring being at greater risk for cognitive (40) and emotional challenges (41)(42)(43).…”