Income inequality and physical and mental health: testing associations consistent with proposed causal pathways

FJ Zimmerman, JF Bell - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …, 2006 - jech.bmj.com
Objectives: To test associations between individual health outcomes and ecological
variables proposed in causal models of relations between income inequality and health …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring disparities across the distribution of mental health care expenditures

B Le Cook, W Manning, M Alegria - The journal of mental health …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Previous mental health care disparities studies predominantly compare mean
mental health care use across racial/ethnic groups, leaving policymakers with little …

Income inequality and the prevalence of common mental disorders in Britain

S Weich, G Lewis, SP Jenkins - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2001 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIt has been hypothesised that the association between greater income
inequality and increased mortality is mediated by poor psychosocial health. AimsTo test the …

Income inequality and health outcomes in the United States: An empirical analysis

P Matthew, DM Brodersen - The Social Science Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
A growing body of research suggests a relationship between health and income inequality.
This study specifically analyzes the correlation between income inequality, measured by …

County‐level income inequality and depression among older Americans

N Muramatsu - Health services research, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. To examine (1) whether county‐level income inequality is associated with
depression among Americans aged 70 and older, taking into consideration county‐level …

Socioeconomic status and mental illness: tests of the social causation and selection hypotheses

CG Hudson - American journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Poverty, inequality and a political economy of mental health

JK Burns - Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 2015 - cambridge.org
The relationship between poverty and mental health is indisputable. However, to have an
influence on the next set of sustainable global development goals, we need to understand …

The social class and mental illness correlation: Implications of the research for policy and practice

CG Hudson - J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare, 1988 - HeinOnline
Ongoing efforts to unravel the causal issues involved in the correlation between
socioeconomic status and mental illness suggest that the hypothesis of a recursive or …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of economic policies on social environments and mental health

JA Occhipinti, A Skinner, PM Doraiswamy… - Bulletin of the World …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite increased advocacy and investments in mental health systems globally, there has
been limited progress in reducing mental disorder prevalence. In this paper, we argue that …

[PDF][PDF] Income and psychological distress: the role of the social environment

HM Orpana, L Lemyre, R Gravel - Health reports, 2009 - academia.edu
Article Income and psychological distress: The role of the social environment Page 1 Article
Component of Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-003-X Health Reports Income and …