Research in China about the biological mechanisms that potentially link socioenvironmental changes and mental health: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: China's rapid socioeconomic development since 1990 makes it a fitting location to summarise research about how biological changes associated with socioenvironmental changes affect population mental health and, thus, lay the groundwork for subsequent, more focused studies. An initial search identified 308 review articles in the international literature about biomarkers associated with 12 common mental health disorders. We then searched for studies conducted in China that assessed the association of the identified mental health related-biomarkers with socioenvironmental factors in English-language and Chinese-language databases. We located 1330 articles published between 1 January 1990 and 1 August 2021 that reported a total of 3567 associations between 56 specific biomarkers and 11 socioenv

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11064722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature