Change of poverty and outcome of persons with severe mental illness in rural China, 1994-2015

Background: It is unknown whether and how poverty influences the long-term outcome of persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Aims: To explore the change of poverty status in persons with SMI from 1994 to 2015 and examine the impact of poverty status on patients’ outcome in rural China. Method: Tw...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 2021-06, Vol.67 (4), p.315-323
Main Authors: Zhao, Xinyi, Yu, Yue-Hui, Peng, Man-Man, Luo, Wei, Hu, Shi-Hui, Yang, Xin, Liu, Bo, Zhang, Tin, Gao, Ru, Chan, Cecilia Lai-Wan, Ran, Mao-Sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age of onset
Antipoverty programs
Caregivers
Change agents
China - epidemiology
Classification
Community-based programs
Economic status
Families & family life
Female
Health surveys
Humans
Long term
Low income groups
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental health
Occupational status
Patients
Poverty
Relatives
Risk factors
Rural development
Rural Population
Rural poverty
Severity
Sociocultural factors
Socioeconomic development
Socioeconomic Factors
Townships
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Summary:Background: It is unknown whether and how poverty influences the long-term outcome of persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Aims: To explore the change of poverty status in persons with SMI from 1994 to 2015 and examine the impact of poverty status on patients’ outcome in rural China. Method: Two mental health surveys using identical methods and International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) were conducted in 1994 and 2015 in the same six townships of Xinjin County, Chengdu, China. Results: The annual net income per person was 19.8% and 100.2% higher for the general population than for persons with SMI in 1994 and 2015 respectively. Compared with 1994 (48.2%), persons with SMI in 2015 had significantly higher rates of poor family economic status (
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/0020764020951234