Abstract
Previous research indicates that social segregation leads to dramatic differences in the quality of neighbourhoods within the big cities, in contrast to the more equal distribution of environmental qualities within rural areas and smaller cities. The present investigation, based on structured interviewing of 563 and 444 women from Oslo and Kristiansand respectively, confirms this finding, and shows that the distribution of mental disorders follows the same pattern. When comparing Oslo with Kristiansand, the differences in psychiatric morbidity is found to be much greater within the big city than within the smaller city, corresponding to the differences in quality of neighbourhood within the two cities. Lack of social support, combined with various environmental stressors, seems important in explaining the high rates of mental disorders in the poorest neighbourhoods. However, selective in-migration of people with social and psychological problems to the poorest neighbourhoods, may also play a role in expla...
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