Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds evidence of racial and class discrimination among psychotherapists
A new study suggests that psychotherapists discriminate against prospective patients who are black or working class.
Jun 1, 2016
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Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Health
Waiting until early 20s to have kids brings no health benefits later on
Since the 1960s social policies have discouraged teen pregnancy and promoted the benefits of women having children later in life and getting married.
Jan 20, 2016
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Health
New medical conditions more likely to spark healthy changes among better-educated middle-aged people
Better-educated middle-aged Americans are less likely to smoke and more apt to be physically active than their less-educated peers. They are also more inclined to make healthy changes—in general and in the face of new medical ...
Aug 29, 2013
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Health
Study helps explain growing education gap in mortality among US white women
Less-educated white women were increasingly more likely to die than their better-educated peers from the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s, according to a new study, which found that growing disparities in economic circumstances ...
May 30, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Behavior problems, not depression, linked to lower grades for depressed youths
Behavior problems, not depression, are linked to lower grades for depressed adolescents, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Nov 29, 2012
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Health
Alcohol abuse may be cause, rather than effect of social isolation, poor grades among teens
Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological study.
Jun 12, 2012
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Health
Education levels in Asian American neighborhoods affect residents' health
Higher neighborhood education is associated with better self-rated health among Asian Americans who live in Asian ethnic neighborhoods, but this correlation between individual health and neighborhood education levels does ...
Nov 8, 2012
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study: Abortion care hurdles, considerations by Ohioans
University of Cincinnati doctoral candidate Orlaith Heymann is a researcher passionate about examining how people navigate institutional policies and cultures, particularly in contentious social fields such as sex education ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Self-rating mental health as 'good' predicts positive future mental health
Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem such as depression, it can predict good mental health in the future, even without ...
Apr 2, 2018
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Health
Children of undocumented Mexican immigrants have heightened risk of behavior problems
Children of undocumented Mexican immigrants have a significantly higher risk of behavior problems than their co-ethnic counterparts with documented or naturalized citizen mothers, according to a new study.
Feb 26, 2015
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