Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Discrimination may harm your health

Racial discrimination may be harmful to your health, according to new research from Rice University sociologists Jenifer Bratter and Bridget Gorman.

Health created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study: Few immigrants go to the doctor

(Medical Xpress) -- New research from Duke University challenges a long-held assumption that immigrants are generally healthy before they move to the United States but become less so while living here.

Health created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What's in a name? Psychiatrists' labeling practices may be desensitizing the public

Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to a new study, as definitions of mental illnesses become broader, people who show signs of depression and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young people of multiple disadvantaged groups face worse health due to more discrimination

An Indiana University study found that teens and young adults who are members of multiple minority or disadvantaged groups face more discrimination than their more privileged peers and, as a result, report worse mental and ...

Health created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health benefits of marriage may not extend to all, study says

Marriage may not always be as beneficial to health as experts have led us to believe, according to a new study.

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Same-sex cohabitors less healthy than those in heterosexual marriages, study finds

Same-sex couples that live together report worse health than people of the same socioeconomic status who are in heterosexual marriages, according to a national study that could have implications for the gay ...

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0