Feeling poor compared to your neighbors can harm your health

• A study by Canadian public health experts linked income inequality to mental health trends.
• The study suggests that feeling poor compared to others increases risk of health problems.
• Solutions include reducing income inequality, and investing in crisis and mental health care.

Money could buy you happiness.

But it may be less about how much money you have and more about how much you have compared to your peers.

That's according to a recent study by public health experts in Canada who found stark income inequality is causing a mental health crisis.