Helsinki, Nov. 22 -- : In recent research, the University of Helsinki, Aarhus University and the University of Manchester have studied to fathom out the link between the risk of children developing mental disorders and socio-economic position of parents.
According to research data, the project employed a cohort of roughly one million Danish children born between 1980 and 2000. The income of their parents was measured in the year of birth as well as when the children were 5, 10 and 15. Five income brackets were utilised in each measurement point, enabling the researchers to measure income fluctuation during childhood.
The mental health of the children included in the dataset was monitored from the age of 15 until mental disorder diagnosis ...