A cross-sectional study of 1,994 individuals in a deprived area of Japan found that perceived discrimination was significantly associated with depressive symptoms and a diagnosis of mental illness. This relationship was more strongly associated among men or highly educated people than among women or among less educated people, and was independent of age, socioeconomic status, social relationship, and lifestyle. Results appeared online in Social Science & Medicine on May 24.
Tabuchia, T. Fukuharab, H. Iso, H. Geographically-based discrimination is a social determinant of mental health in a deprived or stigmatized population in Japan: A cross-sectional study Social Science & Medicine, published online May 24, 2012
