Table of Contents

Contributors
Disclosure of Interests
The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From Evidence to Policy
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Overview of the Social Determinants of Mental Health
Chapter 2. Discrimination
Chapter 3. Adverse early life experiences
Chapter 4. Poor education
Chapter 5. Unemployment, underemployment, and job insecurity
Chapter 6. Economic inequality, poverty, and neighborhood deprivation
Chapter 7. Food insecurity
Chapter 8. Poor housing quality and housing instability
Chapter 9. Adverse features of the built environment
Chapter 10. Poor access to health care
Chapter 11. A call to action: addressing the social determinants of mental health
Index

Promotional Information

We have entered a new era of public health, with its needed attention to social determinants, population health, and delivery system reconfiguration. Fossilized practice and policy habits and vested interests in the status quo can jeopardize what progress we can achieve. But wise voices, like those of Drs. Compton and Shim, are emerging. If we take the time to read and listen to them we can generate the will to succeed. Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, Medical Director, NYS Office of Mental Health, Adjunct Professor, Columbia/Mailman School of Public Health

About the Author

Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., is Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University.

Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H., is Vice Chair, Education and Faculty Development, Department of Psychiatry, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University.

Reviews

While there may be other books on similar topics, the design and format of this one make it very easy to read and the information very accessible. With the impact of mental health on community and population health, understanding the material in this book is important, and anyone with any interest in mental health and policy would benefit from reading it.