Introduction.
Does parental Income have an effect on young peoples’ mental health? This is the question this review aimed to answer.
Children from low income families appear to have higher levels of depression and anti-social behaviour -such as bullying, being cruel, breaking things, cheating or telling lies than children from more advantaged households (Santiago, et al. 2013). Children in chronically poor families show lower cognitive performance. A change in household income can also influences the child’s mental health (Kochanska, et al, 2012). Decreases in income increase depression and antisocial behaviour, while a move out of poverty and an improvement in household income results in improved child mental health (Reinhold and Jürges, …show more content…
This is further re-enforced by the Welsh Government’s Safeguarding children: working together under the Children Act 2004- a Welsh Policy which sets out the Welsh Government 's guidance on child protection and safeguarding for local authorities in Wales and working with, The Children’s Act 1989 (WAG, 2015), The Education Act 1996 (WAG, 2015), The Housing Act 1996 (WAG, 2015), The Licensing Act 2003(WAG, 2015), The Housing Act 2004 (WAG, 2015) and The Children’s Act 2004 (WAG, 2015), and the National Health Service (NHS) and Community Care Act 1990 (CCA) (WAG, 2015), which sets out statutory guidance for organisations and individuals working with vulnerable adults, children, parents and families (Working Together 2006, s 2.29) which ensures children and young people receive the best care and protection. (WAG, 2015). The Schools Effectiveness Framework (SEF) 2009 which follows the Welsh Assembly Government’s guidance for giving school children access to school nurses. The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 was introduced on the 22nd March 2010. The introduction of the Reform and Work Bill 2015-16 aims to implement a new strategy to get people work-ready within 6 months of being on benefits. This may be more destructive than …show more content…
This suggests that the disease may create a risk factor for falling into poverty, or drifting down the sociological scale, rather than the other way around, as predicted by the ‘social causation’ hypothesis (Fell et al., 2014). Common mental health disorders, anxiety and depression, have also been related with a Social Drift theory. However, stress associated with poverty appears to play a much more central role in triggering depressive symptoms (Fell et al.,
Does parental Income have an effect on young peoples’ mental health? This is the question this review aimed to answer.
Children from low income families appear to have higher levels of depression and anti-social behaviour -such as bullying, being cruel, breaking things, cheating or telling lies than children from more advantaged households (Santiago, et al. 2013). Children in chronically poor families show lower cognitive performance. A change in household income can also influences the child’s mental health (Kochanska, et al, 2012). Decreases in income increase depression and antisocial behaviour, while a move out of poverty and an improvement in household income results in improved child mental health (Reinhold and Jürges, …show more content…
This is further re-enforced by the Welsh Government’s Safeguarding children: working together under the Children Act 2004- a Welsh Policy which sets out the Welsh Government 's guidance on child protection and safeguarding for local authorities in Wales and working with, The Children’s Act 1989 (WAG, 2015), The Education Act 1996 (WAG, 2015), The Housing Act 1996 (WAG, 2015), The Licensing Act 2003(WAG, 2015), The Housing Act 2004 (WAG, 2015) and The Children’s Act 2004 (WAG, 2015), and the National Health Service (NHS) and Community Care Act 1990 (CCA) (WAG, 2015), which sets out statutory guidance for organisations and individuals working with vulnerable adults, children, parents and families (Working Together 2006, s 2.29) which ensures children and young people receive the best care and protection. (WAG, 2015). The Schools Effectiveness Framework (SEF) 2009 which follows the Welsh Assembly Government’s guidance for giving school children access to school nurses. The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 was introduced on the 22nd March 2010. The introduction of the Reform and Work Bill 2015-16 aims to implement a new strategy to get people work-ready within 6 months of being on benefits. This may be more destructive than …show more content…
This suggests that the disease may create a risk factor for falling into poverty, or drifting down the sociological scale, rather than the other way around, as predicted by the ‘social causation’ hypothesis (Fell et al., 2014). Common mental health disorders, anxiety and depression, have also been related with a Social Drift theory. However, stress associated with poverty appears to play a much more central role in triggering depressive symptoms (Fell et al.,