Income inequality and depression: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the association and a scoping review of mechanisms - PMC

Most countries have witnessed a dramatic increase of income inequality in the past three decades. This paper addresses the question of whether income inequality is associated with the population prevalence of depression and, if so, the potential mechanisms ...

World Psychiatry . 2018 Jan 19;17(1):76–89. doi: 10.1002/wps.20492 Income inequality and depression: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the association and a scoping review of mechanisms Vikram Patel Vikram Patel 1 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Find articles by Vikram Patel 1 , Jonathan K Burns Jonathan K Burns 2 Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK Find articles by Jonathan K Burns 2 , Monisha Dhingra Monisha Dhingra 3 Ashoka University, Sonepat, Rai, Haryana, India Find articles by Monisha Dhingra 3 ,

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