Book contents
- Social Inclusion and Mental Health
- Reviews
- Social Inclusion and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Foreword to First Edition (2010)
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Poor, Excluded, and Unequal
- Section 1 Social Exclusion, Poverty, and Inequality
- Section 2 Participation of People with Mental Health Conditions
- Chapter 9 Mental Health Inequalities and Exclusion
- Chapter 10 Exclusion from Material Resources
- Chapter 11 Exclusion from Socially Valued Activities
- Chapter 12 Exclusion from Social Relations and Neighbourhoods
- Chapter 13 Exclusion from Health and Health Services
- Chapter 14 Exclusion from Civic Participation
- Chapter 15 Social Exclusion in Specific Social Groups and Individuals with Mental Health Conditions
- Chapter 16 Social Exclusion and People with Mental Health Conditions: Developing a Clearer Picture
- Section 3 Including People
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - Exclusion from Health and Health Services
from Section 2 - Participation of People with Mental Health Conditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2022
- Social Inclusion and Mental Health
- Reviews
- Social Inclusion and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Foreword to First Edition (2010)
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Poor, Excluded, and Unequal
- Section 1 Social Exclusion, Poverty, and Inequality
- Section 2 Participation of People with Mental Health Conditions
- Chapter 9 Mental Health Inequalities and Exclusion
- Chapter 10 Exclusion from Material Resources
- Chapter 11 Exclusion from Socially Valued Activities
- Chapter 12 Exclusion from Social Relations and Neighbourhoods
- Chapter 13 Exclusion from Health and Health Services
- Chapter 14 Exclusion from Civic Participation
- Chapter 15 Social Exclusion in Specific Social Groups and Individuals with Mental Health Conditions
- Chapter 16 Social Exclusion and People with Mental Health Conditions: Developing a Clearer Picture
- Section 3 Including People
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter we look at the social inequalities of physical health in relation to the poorer physical health experienced by people with mental health conditions and their access to health services. People with mental health conditions often experience a ‘triple jeopardy’: they experience an excess of physical health problems relative to their peers in the general population, are more likely to get serious forms of physical illness, and, once diagnosed, are more likely to die within five years. They face greater difficulties accessing good-quality healthcare than people without mental health conditions. These distinct findings also give us an illustration of the complex pathways involved in the exclusionary processes, this time linking mental and physical health conditions and outcomes through a synchrony of broader structural factors, social inequalities, early life experiences, life course adversities, risky health behaviours, the nature of the mental health condition, the medications prescribed, and the discriminatory attitudes prevalent in public services and in broader society. They also point to the need to clearly appreciate the disabilities associated with mental health conditions and to develop broad public health approaches to address these inequalities in health outcomes.
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- Social Inclusion and Mental HealthUnderstanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion, pp. 274 - 289Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022