With particular reference to inequality and individualism, how can the ways in which contemporary industrialised societies are structured by neolibera

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Essay Question

With particular reference to inequality and individualism, how can the ways in which contemporary industrialised societies are structured by neoliberalism help explain the current epidemic of mental illness and loneliness?

Compulsory Readings:

1. Becker J., Hartwich L. & Haslam S. (2021). Neoliberalism can reduce well-being bypromoting a sense of social disconnection, competition, and loneliness.British Journal ofSocial Psychology,60(3): 947-965. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12438.
2. Curran, T. & Hill, A. (2019). Perfectionism is increasing over time: A meta-analysis of birth cohort differences from 1989 to 2016.Psychological Bulletin, 145(4), 410-429.
3. Holt-Lunstad, J. (2017). The Potential Public Health Relevance of Social Isolation andLoneliness: Prevalence, Epidemiology, and Risk Factors.Public Policy & Aging Report,27, 127130.
4. Monbiot, George (2016). Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. Thats whats wrenching society apart.The Guardian, 17 October 2016https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/12/neoliberalism-creating-loneliness-wrenching-society-apart?CMP=fb_gu
5. Pickett, K., & Wilkinson, R. (2010). Inequality: An underacknowledged source of mental illness and distress,British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(6): 426-428. Doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072066
6. Zeira, A. (2022). Mental Health Challenges Related to Neoliberal Capitalism in theUnited States.Community Mental Health Journal58,205212https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00840-7

Tips:

A good start to this essay is to revisit the following HSBH1013 Lectures:

• Class Origins of Health Inequality
• Mental Health of Young People
• Planning & Writing Academic Assessments