News-Medical.Net September 2, 2024
A recent review published in the journal PLOS Global Public Health identifies commercial factors that may increase the risk of mental illness in both low- and high-resource settings.
Causes and risk factors for mental illness
About one in eight people are diagnosed with mental illness; however, researchers predict that many more people experience mental health issues. To date, most studies have focused on individual risk factors and childhood environments that may increase the future risk of developing mental health diseases, which neglects the role of sociopolitical, economic, and commercial factors that determine health.
Although researchers have defined the social determinants of health (SDOH), which include housing, employment, and household income, little research has examined the effects of the commercial determinants...
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