Category: Health and Income

Few children born to parents with serious mental illness live with both parents while growing up

From the Elsevier media release: Serious mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia has been shown to affect relationships and parenting capabilities. Children of parents with serious mental illness are… Read more »

Adverse events affect children’s development, physical health and biology

From the American Academy of Pediatrics media release: It’s known that adverse childhood experiences carry over into adult life, but a new study is focusing on the effect of these experiences in… Read more »

Discrimination Based on Weight Doubles Health Risks

From the University of Rhode Island media release: We all know that carrying extra pounds can be bad for your health. Now a URI professor has found that how society treats… Read more »

People with epilepsy face increased risks of discrimination and other negative life events

From the Wiley media release: In a recent analysis, people with epilepsy were seven-fold more likely to have reported experiencing discrimination due to health problems than the general population. This risk… Read more »

How workplace stress contributes to cardiovascular disease

From the University of California, Irvine media release: University of California, Irvine and SUNY Downstate Medical Center researchers have created a model illustrating how economic globalization may create stressful employment… Read more »

High status job means you are less likely to respond to treatment for depression

From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) media release: An international study has found that having a high status job means that you are less likely to respond to standard… Read more »

Summer learning programs can benefit low-income students, study finds

From the RAND Corporation media release: Elementary school students with high levels of attendance in voluntary summer learning programs — defined as at least 20 days of a five- to six-week… Read more »

Lengthy ER visits for psychiatric patients often result in transfer, not treatment

From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine media release: Cutbacks in capacity at state and county mental hospitals have forced more and more psychiatric patients to seek treatment in Emergency… Read more »