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Can you tell me if where you live affects mental health ?

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Dr. Humberto Quintana answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

MH affected: Thre has been an association of mental illness with poverty, single parent homes and with living in poor neighborhoods. Poor neigborhoods are more likely to have adults & othes that may have a negative influence on others. Living in these poor areas texposes residents to substance abuse, violence, & crime. These factors affect the mental health of children, teens & others living in there.

Answered 6/25/2014

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