[iamkroot]

"Parental income as a marker for socioeconomic position during childhood and later risk of developing a secondary care-diagnosed mental disorder examined across the full diagnostic spectrum: a national cohort study"

Full article headline, for those who read the title and thought "... obviously?"

[nerdponx]

Not me, I would have assumed that mental illness happens at the same rate, but is better cared for in families with higher incomes.

[iguy]

If it occurred at exactly the same rate, I'd still expect it to have a downward effect on family income. I mean, it would be extremely surprising if the additional burden of needing to care for a family member with any kind of illness increased income.

[nerdponx]

That's fair, and I should check myself. I got so caught up in everyone's solecistic discussion of causality that I missed the line in the paper where they specifically disclaim that this is a causal association.