The purpose of this brief essay, building explicitly on the extant body of work, is (a) to
articulate a direction for future work in the area and (b) to summarize why this work needs to …

Sustaining a successful life in the modern city is a psychological conundrum. We possess
minds that, according to extrapolation from the brains and social lives of our closest cousins …

Recent evidence highlights the complexity and reciprocity of underlying driving factors in the
relationship between urbanization and mood disorders. Future epidemiological research …

With a majority of humans now living in cities, strategic research is necessary to elucidate
the impact of this evolutionarily unfamiliar habitat on neural functions and well-being. In this …

Evidence points to a higher prevalence of anxiety disorders and PTSD in urban
environments. Current research is focused on the role of neighbourhood factors in …

Twenty-first century urbanization poses increasing challenges for mental health.
Epidemiological studies have shown that mental health problems often accumulate in urban …

Human beings vary in many contextual ways that are of prime behavioral significance. One
of these contextual variables is the size, density, and com plexity of the environing …

Urban vs. rural residence is commonly cited as a risk factor for depression and other mental
disorders, but epidemiological evidence for this relationship in the US is inconclusive. We …

This article examines the entanglement between feelings of stress and discomfort,
physiological arousal and urban experiences of persons living with early psychosis. It …

Human beings vary in many contextual ways that are of prime behavioral significance.
Central to the discussion in this paper is the size, density and complexity of the environing …