“Expand our ideas of mental health and wellness” — that’s what Ayesha Bhatti, a PhD student at York’s School of Health Policy & Management, hopes to do with a recently published book chapter. Bhatti then highlights some of the problems inherent in such a model when it comes to mental health. For Bhatti, this shift is about recognizing the experience of those in the mental healthcare system. Since “we know that biology and genes are only a couple of factors that affect our mental health […] public policies should also focus on improving [other] areas of our lives,” she proclaims. That should ideally include such things as livable wages, affordable housing, access to childcare, and holistic forms of mental health treatment like psychotherapy.