Mental health is not an individual matter, but a political one
Decades ago, pioneering research linked mental illness and economic deprivation. It’s time to take the implications seriously
by Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith is professor of health history at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He is the author of The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States (2023).
Written by Matthew Smith