Table 8

Inclusion/exclusion criteria for the housing/neighbourhoods and mental health search

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
An abstract was included if it met the following criteria:  1 The paper concerned housing or neighbourhoods (where people are “at home” or close to home);  2 There was an explicit link with a psychological outcome (including depression, anxiety, quality of life, satisfaction. etc).  3 The paper was relevant to any of the following geographically defined continents:  Europe;  North America;  Australia/Oceania.  All languages should be included initially.  In addition, papers were also included where they:  4 examined the difference between rural and urban locations.	An abstract was not included where the focus of the study was:  5 about refugees or religious/ethnic differences unless specific information about the type of neighbourhood or housing was provided.  6 about schizophrenia or suicide.

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

An abstract was included if it met the following criteria:  1 The paper concerned housing or neighbourhoods (where people are “at home” or close to home);  2 There was an explicit link with a psychological outcome (including depression, anxiety, quality of life, satisfaction. etc).  3 The paper was relevant to any of the following geographically defined continents:  Europe;  North America;  Australia/Oceania.  All languages should be included initially.  In addition, papers were also included where they:  4 examined the difference between rural and urban locations.

An abstract was not included where the focus of the study was:  5 about refugees or religious/ethnic differences unless specific information about the type of neighbourhood or housing was provided.  6 about schizophrenia or suicide.