Psychology & Psychiatry
Poignant photo project reveals all we lost in lockdown
Laptops and schoolwork on kitchen tables, a deserted playground, face masks on a washing line, an empty church, a walk in the woods.
Jul 13, 2023
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Social Science & Medicine
Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed health and social sciences journal. According to its website, it "provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of research findings, reviews and theory in all areas of common interest to social scientists, health practitioners and policy makers. The journal publishes material relevant to any aspect of health from a wide range of social science disciplines (e.g., anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social policy, and sociology), and material relevant to the social sciences from any of the professions concerned with physical and mental health, and with health care practice, policy and organization." Social Science & Medicine is rated by Thomson ISI as the world’s most cited social science journal 1997-2007. Social science & medicine ISSN 0037-7856 was published quarterly from 1967-1977 by Pergamon Press out of Elmsford, New York, and was then split, according to the National Library of Medicine as confirmed by the Library of Congress, into: In 1982, Parts A-F were merged back into one journal, at the current (2008) ISSN 0277-9536. It was published by Pergamon Press, which
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Country
- USA
- Website
- http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/315/description#description
- Impact factor
- 2.710 (2009)
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Study unpacks how medical systems harm the intersex community
Intersex people's (people whose sex characteristics do not fit within the strict binary categorizations of male or female) health care has received a lot of media attention recently, particularly with the uptick in anti-transgender ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
More positive outcomes occur when elderly are treated locally, study finds
Older people with health problems often need some form of intermediate level monitoring, care and treatment services.
Jun 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study on persistent health impacts of flu pandemics beyond the main waves of infection
Influenza pandemics cause a persistent increase in influenza mortality risk, lasting around two decades, according to new research that analyzed historical data from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Jun 12, 2023
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Medical economics
Study offers new insights into how Medicare fraud has spread across US regions in recent years
Findings from an innovative study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal Social Science & Medicine are providing new insights into how the rapid spread (or ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research links youth mental health and the environment
Global statistics on youth mental health make for sobering reading, with depression a leading cause of adolescent illness, and suicide estimated as the third most common cause of death among 15- to 19-year-olds. A recent ...
May 3, 2023
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Medications
Antibiotic overprescribing permeates US hospital ICUs, finds study
In the United States, physicians in almost every specialty and role use antibiotics as part of their therapeutic armamentariums. Antibiotic prescribing is a longstanding part of medical practice for hospital-based physicians.
Apr 19, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Those who support Black Lives Matter tend to be less hesitant about vaccines, study finds
Efforts to encourage vaccination might do well to take advantage of the positive feelings and actions between different social groups, according to a study of attitudes toward vaccines among supporters of the Black Lives ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Addiction
Legal cannabis markets linked to increased motor vehicle deaths
A new study from the University of Illinois Chicago has used death certificate data to compare mortality rates in states that legalized recreational cannabis dispensaries with states that only provided access to medical cannabis. ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children's mental health worsens after single mothers forced to seek employment, says study
A welfare-to-work reform has increased employment rates for lone mothers but at a cost to her and her children's mental health, new research shows.
Mar 16, 2023
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