When local poverty is more important than your income: Mental health in minorities in inner cities

Michael A Rapp^{1

2}, Ulrike Kluge^{1

3}, Simone Penka^{1

3}, Azra Vardar¹, Marion C Aichberger¹, Adrian P Mundt^{1

4}, Meryam Schouler-Ocak¹, Mike Mösko⁵, Jeffrey Butler⁶, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg⁷, Andreas Heinz¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Mitte, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
³ Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile; Escuela de Medicina Sede Puerto Montt, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Bezirksamt Berlin-Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty, Mannheim, Germany.

Michael A Rapp et al. World Psychiatry. 2015 Jun.

. 2015 Jun;14(2):249-50.

doi: 10.1002/wps.20221.

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Mitte, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
³ Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile; Escuela de Medicina Sede Puerto Montt, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁶ Bezirksamt Berlin-Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty, Mannheim, Germany.

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