A longitudinal lifecourse analysis assessing the implication of educational attainment and gender on mental health and well being by the time a person

心理健康是英国社会和卫生系统面临的严重健康问题。它本身就是一个重要的健康后果，但也是一个已知的导致身体健康和福祉不良的危险因素，包括心脏病、中风、癌症、多发性硬化症和II型糖尿病。然而，与身体健康问题相比，对心理健康的研究和理解仍然较少。这项研究着眼于一个人的早期生活机会如何影响他们在42岁到46岁(中年)之间的心理健康，特别是关注一个人的性别和教育水平在心理健康方面的差异。这项工作旨在阐明受教育程度影响心理健康的途径。它将研究抑郁症和焦虑症等精神健康障碍，并将从一系列不同的学科中选取，包括人口学、地理学、社会学、教育学、卫生学和心理学的文献。这项研究将分析2012年进行的英国队列研究和目前正在进行的扫荡(2016/2017)的数据。特别是，它将查看基于认知评估、45分钟采访的数据，并分析一个人的教育程度以及一个人的性别是否对他们可能出现的心理健康问题的水平和类型有任何影响。这项研究目前是高度热门的，因为工作和养老金部门和NHS都雄心勃勃地想要减少整个生命过程中精神健康方面的不平等。

Mental health is a serious health problem facing society and health systems within the UK. It is an important health outcome in its own right but also is a known risk factor for poor physical health and well being including heart disease, stroke, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and Type II Diabetes. However, mental wellbeing remains less researched and understood than physical health problems. This research looks at how a person's early life chances can affect their mental health between the ages of 42 and 46 (mid-life) specifically looking at differences in mental health depending on a person's gender and level of education. The work aims to elucidate the pathways through which educational attainment can affect mental wellbeing. It will look at mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety and will draw from a range of different disciplines including literature from demography, geography, sociology, education, health and psychology. This research will analyse data from the British Cohort Study conducted in 2012 and the sweep currently being conducted (2016/2017). In particular it will look at the data based on a cognitive assessment, a 45-minute interview and analyse if a person's educational attainment as well as a person's gender has any implication on the level and type of mental health issues they might develop. This research is currently highly topical because both the Department for Work and Pensions and NHS have ambitions to reduce inequalities in mental health across the lifecourse.