Health (London). 2021 Dec 08;13634593211063049. doi: 10.1177/13634593211063049. Epub 2021 Dec 08.

Disciplinary differences in the study of the relationship between social variables and mental health: A systematic mapping review.

Health (London, England : 1997)

Tegan Cruwys, Baptiste Brossard, Haochen Zhou, Gabriel Helleren-Simpson, Kathleen A Klik, Dirk Van Rooy, Philip J Batterham, Alison L Calear

PMID: 34877893 DOI: 10.1177/13634593211063049

Abstract

There has been sustained interest in the intersection between social constructs and mental health from diverse disciplines including psychiatry, sociology and public health. However, no systematic attempt has been made to catalogue what is meant by 'social' by different researchers, how variables deemed 'social' constructs are linked to mental health, nor whether these patterns differ by academic discipline. Understanding interdisciplinary differences and commonalities may reveal opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance our understanding of how social factors relate to mental health. This article presents a prospectively registered systematic map of social approaches to mental health using an innovative synthesis methodology (coding all sentences from a random selection of

Keywords: biopsychosocial model; health services; mental illness; social determinants; social functioning; social support

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