Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the deep links and fragility of economic, health and social systems. Discussions of reconstruction include renewed interest in moving beyond GDP and recognizing “human capital”, “brain capital”, “mental capital”, and “wellbeing” as assets fundamental to economic rei...
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| author | Jo-An Occhipinti Jo-An Occhipinti John Buchanan Adam Skinner Yun Ju C. Song Kristen Tran Sebastian Rosenberg Allan Fels P. Murali Doraiswamy Petra Meier Ante Prodan Ante Prodan Ian B. Hickie |
| author_facet | Jo-An Occhipinti Jo-An Occhipinti John Buchanan Adam Skinner Yun Ju C. Song Kristen Tran Sebastian Rosenberg Allan Fels P. Murali Doraiswamy Petra Meier Ante Prodan Ante Prodan Ian B. Hickie |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the deep links and fragility of economic, health and social systems. Discussions of reconstruction include renewed interest in moving beyond GDP and recognizing “human capital”, “brain capital”, “mental capital”, and “wellbeing” as assets fundamental to economic reimagining, productivity, and prosperity. This paper describes how the conceptualization of Mental Wealth provides an important framing for measuring and shaping social and economic renewal to underpin healthy, productive, resilient, and thriving communities. We propose a transdisciplinary application of systems modeling to forecast a nation's Mental Wealth and understand the extent to which policy-mediated changes in economic, social, and health sectors could enhance collective mental health and wellbeing, social cohesion, and national prosperity. Specifically, simulation will allow comparison of the projected impacts of a range of cross-sector strategies (education sector, mental health system, labor market, and macroeconomic reforms) on GDP and national Mental Wealth, and provide decision support capability for future investments and actions to foster Mental Wealth. Finally, this paper introduces the Mental Wealth Initiative that is harnessing complex systems science to examine the interrelationships between social, commercial, and structural determinants of mental health and wellbeing, and working to empirically challenge the notion that fostering universal social prosperity is at odds with economic and commercial interests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fe80ec602c34870a6c7aca5c1a22d932022-12-22T00:58:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-07-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.879183879183Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of NationsJo-An Occhipinti0Jo-An Occhipinti1John Buchanan2Adam Skinner3Yun Ju C. Song4Kristen Tran5Sebastian Rosenberg6Allan Fels7P. Murali Doraiswamy8Petra Meier9Ante Prodan10Ante Prodan11Ian B. Hickie12Faculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaComputer Simulation and Advanced Research Technologies, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMental Wealth Initiative, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMelbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaDepartments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesSystems Science in Public Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United KingdomComputer Simulation and Advanced Research Technologies, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the deep links and fragility of economic, health and social systems. Discussions of reconstruction include renewed interest in moving beyond GDP and recognizing “human capital”, “brain capital”, “mental capital”, and “wellbeing” as assets fundamental to economic reimagining, productivity, and prosperity. This paper describes how the conceptualization of Mental Wealth provides an important framing for measuring and shaping social and economic renewal to underpin healthy, productive, resilient, and thriving communities. We propose a transdisciplinary application of systems modeling to forecast a nation's Mental Wealth and understand the extent to which policy-mediated changes in economic, social, and health sectors could enhance collective mental health and wellbeing, social cohesion, and national prosperity. Specifically, simulation will allow comparison of the projected impacts of a range of cross-sector strategies (education sector, mental health system, labor market, and macroeconomic reforms) on GDP and national Mental Wealth, and provide decision support capability for future investments and actions to foster Mental Wealth. Finally, this paper introduces the Mental Wealth Initiative that is harnessing complex systems science to examine the interrelationships between social, commercial, and structural determinants of mental health and wellbeing, and working to empirically challenge the notion that fostering universal social prosperity is at odds with economic and commercial interests.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.879183/fullmental healthwellbeinggross domestic product (GDP)mental capitalpolicy analysissystems modeling |
| spellingShingle | Jo-An Occhipinti Jo-An Occhipinti John Buchanan Adam Skinner Yun Ju C. Song Kristen Tran Sebastian Rosenberg Allan Fels P. Murali Doraiswamy Petra Meier Ante Prodan Ante Prodan Ian B. Hickie Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations Frontiers in Public Health mental health wellbeing gross domestic product (GDP) mental capital policy analysis systems modeling |
| title | Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations |
| title_full | Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations |
| title_fullStr | Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations |
| title_short | Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations |
| title_sort | measuring modeling and forecasting the mental wealth of nations |
| topic | mental health wellbeing gross domestic product (GDP) mental capital policy analysis systems modeling |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.879183/full |
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