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"A much higher percentage of the population suffer from mental illness in more unequal countries; differences in inequality tally with more than triple the diff
by noelwelsh 3y ago
"A much higher percentage of the population suffer from mental illness in more unequal countries; differences in inequality tally with more than triple the differences in the percentage of people with mental illness in different countries.
Rates of depression in US states are associated with income inequality (after adjusting for income, proportion of population with a college degree and proportion over 65). The more unequal the state, the higher the prevalence of depression."
(https://equalitytrust.org.uk/health https://equalitytrust.org.uk/health)
If you want to actually address the problem you'd look at inequality, and all the many problems that stem from it. But this is the WSJ, so I guess they prefer to throw poor people into jail, err, asylums, when they been broken by the current system and have no economic value.