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Mental health promotion and mental illness prevention: the economic case

Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215, McDaid, David ORCID: 0000-0003-0744-2664 and Parsonage, Michael (2011) Mental health promotion and mental illness prevention: the economic case. . Department of Health, London, UK.

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Abstract

Mental ill health is the largest single cause of disability in the UK, contributing almost 23% of the overall burden of disease compared to about 16% each for cancer and cardiovascular disease. The economic and social costs of mental health problems in England are estimated at around £105 billion each year.

Item Type: Monograph (Report)
Official URL: http://www.pssru.ac.uk/
Additional Information: © 2011 Crown Copyright
Divisions: Social Policy
Personal Social Services Research Unit
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
JEL classification: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Suicide, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior
I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2011 16:46
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 22:16
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32311

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