The Spirit Level Summary
Mental Health
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s book, The Spirit level, chapter five talks about how income inequality creates more mental health issues in society. Chapter five starts out with Wilkinson stating, “One in ten between the ages of 5 and 16 - are estimated to be mentally ill” (63). This just explains that some kids are estimated to struggle with some kind of mental illness. This is a pretty scary statistics on how this can contribute to economic inequality. In another survey it reveals, “23 percent of adults had either neurotic disorder, a psychotic disorder, or were addicted to alcohol or drugs, 4 percent of adults having more than one disorder” (65). Even though this is a small number it is scary to see that we have that
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s book, The Spirit level, chapter five talks about how income inequality creates more mental health issues in society. Chapter five starts out with Wilkinson stating, “One in ten between the ages of 5 and 16 - are estimated to be mentally ill” (63). This just explains that some kids are estimated to struggle with some kind of mental illness. This is a pretty scary statistics on how this can contribute to economic inequality. In another survey it reveals, “23 percent of adults had either neurotic disorder, a psychotic disorder, or were addicted to alcohol or drugs, 4 percent of adults having more than one disorder” (65). Even though this is a small number it is scary to see that we have that