Mental health: deprivation
Major risk factors for mental health problems include poverty, poor education, unemployment, social isolation/exclusion and major life events.
The Scottish Burden of Disease Study report on deprivation (638kB) found that the rate of burden due to mental and substance use disorders was 4.4 times higher in the most deprived compared to the least deprived areas in Scotland.
For more information on deprivation and health, see the ScotPHO pages on deprivation.
Please note: If you require the most up-to-date data available, please check the data sources directly as new data may have been published since these data pages were last updated. Although we endeavour to ensure that the data pages are kept up-to-date, there may be a time lag between new data being published and the relevant ScotPHO web pages being updated.
