The social dimension of mental health is a site of complex causation and intervention. After decades of calls for more attention to the social in mental health research and action [
1], many researchers, service providers and activists share an interest in examining how structural, economic, ecological, relational, and political factors impinge upon mental well-being. At the same time, while collaborative and interdisciplinary exchange between knowledge communities has grown, crosstalk between them is not yet mainstream practice [
2]. How the social is conceptualised and acted on therefore differs across academic disciplines, health and welfare services, community organizations, and patient advocacy and user led groups. …