Kate Pickett – A New Vision for Mental Health

How economic inequality harms societies

Author: Editorial 4th March 2019 0 Comments

In this 15 minute video, Prof. Richard Wilkinson gives a TED-talk based on his book (co-authored with Prof. Kate Pickett), The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone Following on from the above, came The Inner Level (“How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Wellbeing”). This book…
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The Inner Level

Author: Editorial 18th July 2018 0 Comments

Subtitled “How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Wellbeing”, this book has been written by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: The publishers say: “Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why…
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The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone

Author: Editorial 12th March 2018 0 Comments

Written by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, this book (first published in 2009) highlights the “pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, (and) encouraging excessive consumption”. It shows that for each of eleven different health…
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