Moving out of poverty linked to kids' mental health

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moving out of impoverished neighborhoods has different effects on the mental health of boys compared to girls, and those repercussions need to be better understood before tinkering with housing policy, according to a new study. Researchers found boys had higher rates of mental health problems years after their families got vouchers to move out of impoverished neighborhoods, compared to boys who didn't get assistance. "The girls seemed like they were helped a lot by moving and the boys were hurt a lot," Ronald Kessler told Reuters Health. That elevated risk persists even when other individual factors, such as family history of mental illness, are taken into account, which suggests the characteristics of a person's community affect mental health, the researchers say.



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