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Poverty in general also has a complex relationship with mental health. Being in poverty may itself provoke a condition of elevated emotional stress, known as "poverty distress". Poverty is also a precursor or risk factor for mental illness, particularly mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety.
The social determinants of health in poverty describe the factors that affect impoverished populations' health and health inequality. Inequalities in health stem from the conditions of people's lives, including living conditions , work environment, age , and other social factors, and how these affect people's ability to respond to illness . [ 1 ]
Diseases of poverty reflect the dynamic relationship between poverty and poor health; while such diseases result directly from poverty, they also perpetuate and deepen impoverishment by sapping personal and national health and financial resources.
Reducing poverty and economic inequality in the UK should be an “urgent public health necessity” as these are “toxic” to mental and physical health, a report warns.
The excess stress that people with low SES experience could be inadequate health care, [3] job insecurity, [4] and poverty, [5] which can bring about many other psycho-social and physical stressors like crowding, discrimination, crime, etc. [6] Thus, lower SES predisposes individuals to the development of a mental illness. [further explanation ...
There is a relationship between experience of chronic stress and negative health outcomes. [63] This relationship is explained through both direct and indirect effects of chronic stress on health outcomes. The direct relationship between stress and health outcomes is the effect of stress on human physiology. The long term stress hormone ...
[23] For example, poverty is a key determinant of the relationship between debilitating mental illness and social maladjustment; it is associated with decreased self-efficacy and coping. Poverty is an important predictor of life outcomes, such as "quality of life, social and occupational functioning, general health and psychiatric symptoms ...
Man with disabilities in Bangladesh. A multitude of studies have been shown to demonstrate a significant rate of disability among individuals living in poverty. The evidence on the association between disability and poverty was recently reviewed in the United Nations' first Flagship Report on Disability and Development [1] The association between disability and poverty has been shown to be ...