Lunch Hour Lecture | Unequal mental health: Society, power and the depressogenic environment

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About the lecture:
Common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety are leading causes of disease burden worldwide, and there are reports of worsening mental health in many countries. In this talk, I will illustrate how the experience of poor mental health is very unequal within societies –  groups with less political, social and economic power often experience substantially worse mental health. Other inequalities including where we study the development and causes of mental health, which potential causes are prioritised and who we focus on for intervention, will be discussed. I will present the case for recognizing the role of the ‘depressogenic’ environment and highlight the importance of understanding where action on social, environmental and policy drivers might benefit the greatest number of people.

This UCL Lunch Hour Lecture forms part of a series organised in partnership with UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing and UCL Workplace Wellbeing.