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The impact of housing problems on mental health
- Authors:
- SHELTER, COMRES
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This independent research undertaken by ComRes, on behalf of Shelter, carried out interviews with 20 GP’s and a survey of over 3,000 adults in England to explore the relationship between housing and mental health. The results found that one in five adults in the sample had suffered mental health issues in the last five years due to housing problems. One in 20 of the adults surveyed had also visited a GP due to a housing issue having a negative impact upon their mental health. GPs interviewed also spontaneously identified housing issues when discussing factors involved in their patients’ mental health. GPs also identified a knowledge of where to signpost and refer patients, where mental health was linked to problems with housing. Direct quotations from the GP interviews are included. The results show how housing problems, such as housing affordability, are affecting the mental health of individuals and also resulting in additional costs to the health sector which is already under pressure. (Edited publisher abstract)