Across a range of variables, from mental health to material prosperity, intact heterosexual households showed different and generally better long-term outcomes for children than other family structures – gay parents included.
"Given that all the jobs (physical and mental) will be gone, [shared prosperity] is the only chance we have to be provided for," added University of Louisville professor, Roman Yampolskiy.
However, other researchers have found that tackling mental health can lead to increased economic prosperity.
For example, increased use of SSRIs and lower suicide rates could both be consequences of economic prosperity or greater availability of mental health services.
On one hand, it could be hypothesized that socioeconomic differences decrease in a health-promoting regional and social environment (characterized by high levels of overall quality of life and prosperity, and high availability of mental health specialists).
It goes so far as to say that the social and economic prosperity of Europe will depend on improving mental health and wellbeing.
Creating prosperity in the form of greater physical and mental well-being, connection and spiritual growth (the Third Metric as Arianna Huffington calls it), as well as creating more jobs, starts with looking inside at our own role.
Arguing that America's prosperity is threatened if we prioritize the education and mental health of our children, Mr. Brooks lets ideological loyalty trump logic.
The participants all grew up during the Great Depression, which could account for their psychic turmoil during adolescence, while America's growing prosperity after World War II may have buoyed their adult mental health.
(KI, NGO representative) Respondents also mentioned the MHC's work with the government on the inclusion of mental health issues in the poverty reduction strategy paper, the Agenda for Prosperity (33).
