Poverty and Mental Health

Poverty and Mental Health

There is a close link between poverty and mental health: poverty can be a cause or consequence of mental ill health. There are a complex set of environmental factors which can significantly affect mental health and getting to the root of the problem requires engagement with this complexity.

This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding the relationship between poverty and mental health and offers recommendations to improve the situation across the life course.

Published by theĀ Mental Health Foundation, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Details

Type
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach(es)
Advocacy
Empowerment and service user involvement
Prevention and promotion