Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2016

Epigentics Changes Suspected in Increased Risk for Mental Illness in Those Living in Poverty!

Children from impoverished families are more prone to mental illness, and alterations in DNA structure could be to blame, according to a study published on 24 May in Molecular Psychiatry1.


Poverty linked to epigenetic changes and mental illness. Sara Reardon. Nature. May 24, 2016. http://www.nature.com/news/poverty-linked-to-epigenetic-changes-and-mental-illness-1.19972