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"Parental income as a marker for socioeconomic position during childhood and later risk of developing a secondary care-diagnosed mental disorder examined across the full diagnostic spectrum: a national cohort study"

Full article headline, for those who read the title and thought "... obviously?"

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Not me, I would have assumed that mental illness happens at the same rate, but is better cared for in families with higher incomes.

If it occurred at exactly the same rate, I'd still expect it to have a downward effect on family income. I mean, it would be extremely surprising if the additional burden of needing to care for a family member with any kind of illness increased income.

That's fair, and I should check myself. I got so caught up in everyone's solecistic discussion of causality that I missed the line in the paper where they specifically disclaim that this is a causal association.

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