An extensive literature has shown that disadvantaged levels of socioeconomic status are
associated with mental illness. Yet an important question continues to stimulate research …

This study tests several hypotheses about the underlying causal structure of the inverse
correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and mental illness. It does this through the …

This review summarizes work on the existence of and explanations for the relationship
between socioeconomic status and psychiatric disorders. Although progress has been …

Mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped to a great extent by the
social, economic, and physical enviro nments in which people live.• Social inequalities are …

This chapter reviews sociological theories and measurements of stratification and social
class in the process of relating inequality to mental disorder. The authors argue that …

Psychiatric epidemiologists were among the first scientists to document that the poor suffer
from a higher rate of mental disorders than the affluent. Mental health and, more precisely …

We review two major strands of sociological theory to understand possible causal processes
relevant to the generation of social inequalities and the production of parallel mental health …

Background: The association between individual socioeconomic status (SES) and mental
disorder is well-documented, but studies to date have provided limited and sometimes …

BackgroundResearch on mental well-being is relatively new and studies of its determinants
are rare. AimsTo investigate whether the socioeconomic correlates of mental well-being …

In 1912, the British luxury liner, the Titanic, struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland
on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. This accident was one …