Placing poverty-inequality at the centre of psychiatry

We examine epidemiological evidence for the central role of inequalities (principally economic) in driving the onset of mental disorders, physical ill health and premature mortality. We locate the search for solutions in current UK contexts, and include known and likely effects of the COVID-19 pande...

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Autores principales: Byrne, Peter, James, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7525584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32981561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.85
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spelling pubmed-75255842020-10-08 Placing poverty-inequality at the centre of psychiatry Byrne, Peter James, Adrian BJPsych Bull Editorial We examine epidemiological evidence for the central role of inequalities (principally economic) in driving the onset of mental disorders, physical ill health and premature mortality. We locate the search for solutions in current UK contexts, and include known and likely effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prevention of mental disorders and adverse outcomes such as premature mortality must begin with efforts to mitigate rising poverty-inequality. Cambridge University Press 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7525584/ /pubmed/32981561 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.85 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the same Creative Commons licence is included and the original work is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use.
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