Poverty linked to epigenetic changes and mental illness : Nature News & Comment

Poverty linked to epigenetic changes and mental illness : Nature News & Comment

Poverty linked to epigenetic changes and mental illness

Impoverished adolescents acquire DNA marks, brain changes and depression over time.

• Sara Reardon

24 May 2016 Corrected: 

1. 25 May 2016
2. 1. Children from impoverished families are more prone to mental illness, and alterations in DNA structure could be to blame, according to a study published on 24 May in Molecular Psychiatry¹.