Generaal E, et al. - Via a large-scale pooled analysis, researchers investigated how urbanization, socioeconomic, physical and social neighborhood characteristics impacts the prevalence and severity of depression. Data from eight Dutch cohort studies (n = 32,487) revealed a higher prevalence of depression in correlation to higher urbanization grade, lower socioeconomic status, higher number of social security beneficiaries, higher percentage of non-Dutch residents, higher levels of air pollution, less green space and less social safety. In addition, they noted a consistent association of all four socioeconomic neighborhood characteristics (socioeconomic status, home value, social security beneficiaries and non-Dutch ancestry) and social safety with continuous depression severity scores.