{"id":1778,"date":"2016-12-18T12:08:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T12:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/discursive\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2017-10-04T09:08:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:08:59","slug":"podcast-does-poverty-harm-your-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/discursive\/podcast-does-poverty-harm-your-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Does poverty harm your mental health?"},"content":{"rendered":"

John McGowan<\/a>, Anne Cooke<\/a>, Angela Gilchrist<\/a> and Rachel Terry<\/a> discuss the effects of poverty and inequality on happiness and mental health.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this discussion we focus on two reports. The first is forthcoming book from a London School of Economics group, involving Lord Richard Layard, and titled \u2018The Origins of Happiness\u2019. Even though this hasn\u2019t yet been released, it has prompted a great deal of debate: especially with the conclusion that poverty and inequality may be less important than good mental health for human happiness. The second document is a major report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and written by the Mental Health Foundation\u2019s Iris Elliot. This offers what may be a less surprising conclusion: that poverty and inequality are intimately bound up in the development of mental health problems. Links to the reports and other pieces related to the discussion are listed below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A transcript of this discussion can be found here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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