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Health Equity Data & Evaluation

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Since the 1990s, middle-aged whites with low education are increasingly likely to report themselves in poor health, and they are more likely to complain of various pains and aches. They are also more likely to report symptoms of depression.

Esther Duflo • Good Economics for Hard Times

At the heart of mental illness is a loss of control over our own better thoughts and feelings.

Alain de Botton • A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life

Primary care doctors provide about a third of all mental healthcare in the United States, and it’s estimated that 70 percent of a primary care doctor’s practice involves mental health.

Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life

I feel anger and frustration when I think that one in ten Americans beyond the age of high school is on some kind of antidepressant, such as Prozac.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle

actuarial tables.

Ann Patchett • State of Wonder: A Novel

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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel

Anger, lust, pride, greed, avarice, and sloth—as well as all the other problems we humans have always struggled to manage—were recast as “disorders” that could be fixed by the administration of appropriate chemicals.