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Course Code
LDR
Course Number
3905
Faculty/Instructor
Donna Mercado
Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement
This poster seeks to summarize the current work done connecting schizophrenia and socioeconomic status, with the hypothesis that low SES will positively correlate with Schizophrenia incidence. The work was completed through searches on Google Scholar and PubMed and then synthesizes. Takeaways from this work include: 1, Schizophrenia, though having a strong genetic component, is still heavily affected by environmental factors, many of which, including occupation, grow worse in lower income communities. The natural progression to this is that treatment plans must address these environmental components and not only the biological component. There are many such successful approaches, typically blending housing availability and the formation of healthy communities to alleviate such strain.
Keywords
Schizophrenia, SES, Socioeconomic Status
Recommended Citation
Nesterenko, Andrei, "Low Socioeconomic Status and Schizophrenia" (2025). LEAD Scholars Academy Showcase. 2.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ulead-showcase/2025spring/posters/2
Low Socioeconomic Status and Schizophrenia
This poster seeks to summarize the current work done connecting schizophrenia and socioeconomic status, with the hypothesis that low SES will positively correlate with Schizophrenia incidence. The work was completed through searches on Google Scholar and PubMed and then synthesizes. Takeaways from this work include: 1, Schizophrenia, though having a strong genetic component, is still heavily affected by environmental factors, many of which, including occupation, grow worse in lower income communities. The natural progression to this is that treatment plans must address these environmental components and not only the biological component. There are many such successful approaches, typically blending housing availability and the formation of healthy communities to alleviate such strain.