Social Sciences: News and Research on Social Change

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Growing cities pose rising mental health risks

By the middle of the century, almost 70% of humanity will live in cities. This is where the battle for the mental health of future generations will be decided, warns the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), the largest ...

Why there is no such thing as normal in child development

For parents, caregivers and teachers, it's often tempting to base our thinking on a child's development around what we understand as "normal." Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing a child as "doing well" ...

Climate shifts and urbanisation drive Nepal dengue surge

Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country's high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanization nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new zones.

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