PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mental Disorder, Supportive Housing, Social Stigma
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Halper(cid:374)"s housi(cid:374)g estate study: housing estates are known for being tough difficult places. It is not just the environment; it is how the environment shapes social behavior. Is it about the person or the broader social environment: some people say it is a problem with the brain, some people say it sit h social environment. If we think about mental health in this broader sense looking at it dimensionally, then space and place become very important: this is become very important. Social causation neighbourhoods: people who live in urban cities report poorer mental health on the broad scale like happiness hope and optimism. It is also cyclical, it can foster more crime, more violence etc. In these neighbourhood there are more renters less owners: this results in less sense of community of rootedness and belonging, decreases trust and social cohesion, more hazard like more traffic, increases subjective stress levels.
