Trends in mental health inequalities in England during a period of recession, austerity and welfare reform 2004 to 2013

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 324-331

  Barr, Ben ^a   Kinderman, Peter ^a   Whitehead, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Employment; Health inequalities; Mental health; Recession; Unemployment; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MENTAL HEALTH; REFORM PROCESS; TREND ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTERITY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELFARE; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84947940264     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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