Inequality: An underacknowledged source of mental illness and distress

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 426-428

  Pickett, Kate E ^a   Wilkinson, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BELGIUM; CANADA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; ITALY; JAPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SALARY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78649724571     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072066     Document Type: Review

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