Inequality: an underacknowledged source of mental illness and distress.
Greater income inequality is associated with higher prevalence of mental illness and drug misuse in rich societies. There are threefold differences in the proportion of the population suffering from mental illness between more and less equal countries. This relationship is most likely mediated by the impact of inequality on the quality of social relationships and the scale of status differentiation in different societies.
Kate E
KE
Pickett
Richard G
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Wilkinson
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors