Poverty & Income Disparity

This page was last updated on December 19, 2019.

What is the relationship between poverty and mental health challenges?

The video below can be found on YouTube. In this half-hour episode of Mental Health Matters, Donita Diamata, the creator of the Money Basics curriculum, appears as a guest to discuss the topic of poverty and how it relates to mental health challenges.

Links

8 Ways You Can Combat Poverty

America's Shameful Poverty Stats

Breaking the Chains of Mental Illness that Bind Those in Poverty

The Devastating Effects of Income Disparity on Mental Illness and Mortality

Does Poverty Affect Life Expectancy?

Evidence Mounting that Poverty Causes Lasting Physical and Mental Problems for Children

From Poverty to Mental Illness: An Infographic

Growing Trend between Poverty and Mental Illness

Hunger & Poverty Fact Sheet

Hunger & Poverty Statistics

Income Inequality - Not Just Low Wages - is Taking a Toll on the Health

Income Inequality in the United States

Link Between Poverty and Mental Illness

The New Faces of US Poverty

Poverty 'Consumes' Your Mental Capacity

Poverty Guidelines

Poverty May be the Leading Cause of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Not Mental Illness

Poverty and Mental Health: Can the 2 Way Connection Be Broken?

Poverty and Health

Poverty Mindset? Poverty and Mental Health

Poverty, Social Inequality, and Mental Health

Poverty Statistics: USA Poverty

The State of Poverty In America

Printable Materials

Can Savings Overcome Income Instability?

Can.Savings.Overcome.Income.Instability.

Adobe Acrobat Document 166.4 KB

Download

Dismantling the Poverty Trap

Dismantling.the.Poverty.Trap.pdf

Adobe Acrobat Document 173.2 KB

Download

An Examination of Poverty by Gender, Ethnicity/Race, Age, and Marital Status

Poverty.by.Gender.Race.Age.pdf

Adobe Acrobat Document 383.6 KB

Download

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

A.Framework.for.Understanding.Poverty.pd

Adobe Acrobat Document 360.5 KB

Download

Glossary of Poverty Terms

Glossary of Poverty Terms.pdf

Adobe Acrobat Document 174.1 KB

Download

Mental Health: Poverty, Ethnicity and Family Breakdown

Mental.Health.Poverty.Ethnicity.and.Fami

Adobe Acrobat Document 268.3 KB

Download

Poverty and Americans with Disabilities

Poverty.and.Americans.with.Disabilities.

Adobe Acrobat Document 755.0 KB

Download

Poverty Fact Sheet: Implications for Infants and Toddlers

Poverty.Fact.Sheet.Infants.and.Toddlers.

Adobe Acrobat Document 167.2 KB

Download

Poverty Fact Sheet - March 2018

Poverty-Fact-sheet-March-2018.pdf

Adobe Acrobat Document 828.7 KB

Download

Poverty Fact Sheet: Poor and in Poor Health

Poverty Fact Sheet Poor and In Poor Heal

Adobe Acrobat Document 544.0 KB

Download

Poverty, Material Hardship, and Mental Health

Poverty.Material.Hardship.and.Mental.Hea

Adobe Acrobat Document 108.9 KB

Download

Unaffordable America: Poverty, Housing, and Eviction

Unaffordable.America.Poverty.Housing.and

Adobe Acrobat Document 698.5 KB

Download

Unemployment and Poverty

Unemployment.and.Poverty.pdf

Adobe Acrobat Document 55.6 KB

Download

Facts on Hunger and Poverty in the US

Facts.on.Hunger.and.Poverty.in.the.Unite

Adobe Acrobat Document 184.8 KB

Download

Peerlink National Technical Assistance Center

Mental Health Association of Oregon

10373 NE Hancock Street

Suite 106

Portland, OR 97220

P: 503-922-2377

F: 503-922-2360

The material contained in this website was developed [in part] under grant number SM062558 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The views, policies, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.