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In order to illustrate the way that the present analysis can be used to better capture the relationships between mental health and inequality, this research also focused specifically on depressive disorders. ... in this paper, wealth inequality is used to denote all wealth and income equalities, unless the inequality is only measured by income ...

Mental health is a crucial component of human well-being (Saxena et al., 2015).Nearly one billion people worldwide are living with a mental health disorder, and this number is clearly on the rise (Patel et al., 2023).Mental health disorders are increasingly recognized as a major cause of disease burden (Herrman et al., 2022), a significant risk factor for disability (Arias et al., 2022) and ...

One aspect of this lived experience that may be important is the experience of poverty-based stigma and discrimination. 25 Stigma is a fundamental cause of health inequalities, 26 and international evidence has demonstrated that poverty stigma is associated with poor mental health among low-income groups. 27 Individuals living in ...

a Study population with this characteristic must also have an additional characteristic (intersectionality) or need that puts them at risk of experiencing mental health inequalities. b This is not explicitly protected by the Equality Act 2010. c Depending on policy or other context, this may cover factors such as social exclusion and deprivation associated with geographical areas, or ...

Mental health inequalities continue to widen within and across countries. ... Research papers of any design and methodology (including quantitative and qualitative evaluative design) as well as policy reports with data analyses were eligible. Literature reviews, commentaries, editorials, and evaluations that did not include quantitative or ...

Although income inequality is a powerful driver of poor physical and mental health outcomes, it features rarely in research and discourse on social determinants of mental health. This paper interrogates in detail the relationships between poverty, income inequality and mental health, specifically: the role of income inequality as a mediator of ...

This study was peer-led, designed and carried out by researchers who had experiences of poor mental health. Six authors of the paper worked as peer researchers on this study. ... Public perspectives on inequality and mental health: A peer research study Health Expect. 2024 Feb;27(1):e13868. doi: 10.1111/hex.13868. Epub 2023 Oct 2. ...

Taken together, the hundreds of research papers on these effects of inequality suggest that the relationships meet the epidemiological criteria for causality. 2 Although there might be some reverse causality through which poor health increases inequality, 2 much more important are the ways in which inequality causes ill health and social dysfunction. . The causal pathways seem to be mediated ...

Mental health and inequalities: pathways of influence 35 10. Conclusions 38 11. References 42 12. Appendices 53 ... review seminar on this paper hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. Thanks also ... body of research confirms the relationship between inequality and poorer outcomes, a relationship ...

Inequalities in mental health resources persist, and the burdens of mental disorders are increasing globally. Our findings underscore the critical need to reduce the overall burden of mental health disorders through enhanced allocation of prevention-oriented resources. ... 3 Centre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public ...

The most recent review of health inequalities in England calls attention to the need to tackle the individual causes of poor health across the life course, and acknowledges the social gradient in health, whereby even the health of those close to the top of society is worse than those at the very top. 29 But the Marmot Review, although it calls ...

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Social science research links higher levels of economic inequality to a range of undesirable outcomes, including more crime, social anomie, and ill health. Social psychological research is at the ...

This study investigated the association among the ratio of female to male depressive disorder rates, gross domestic product, the GINI Index, and the gender inequality index for 122 countries. The research yielded some major findings. First, there exists a significant correlation between gender inequality and gender disparities in mental health.

Despite progress in understanding prevalence, consequences, and service patterns for mental disorders over the past decades, 3 substantial gaps remain. Data are predominantly from high-income countries (HICs) 4 and focus on adults. 5 Sociocultural, genetic, and environmental differences, along with variations in developmental stages, limit the generalisability of the available data to other ...

Earlier research has predominantly focused on the relationship between health behaviors and inequalities in mortality and cardiometabolic outcomes [25, 47]., and few, if any, studies have considered adolescent health behaviors’ contribution to social inequalities in adult mental health as implied by behavioral explanation of SES-based health ...

While there is an abundance of research on mental health inequity among high-income countries, the magnitude of social inequity’s contribution to mental health conditions and access remains at low priority in developing countries that needs to be addressed as a first step. ... Yu S. Uncovering the hidden impacts of inequality on mental health ...

The number of detentions under mental health legislation is growing, disproportionately impacting Black men. Previous research into the over-detention of Black people is repetitive and solutions to reduce disparities are ineffective, not enacted, or outdated. This review is original and novel in using a lived experience lens within the Silences framework, to interpret and validate review ...

Systemic change is needed within universities and mental health services to tackle inequality and improve support for racially minoritised students. ... appraisal tool for qualitative research was used to appraise the papers. This tool uses 10 questions which were scored as follows: yes = 1, can’t tell 0.5, and no = 0. Overall ...

The research was designed to inform public policy as well as to help health professionals reduce gender disparities in mental health and broadly improve mental health outcomes. Methods Data sources