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The more unequal your society, the more prevalent all forms of mental illness are.
Johann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
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Ibram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health
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The chronic stress that accompanies poverty can be detected at the cellular level. One study found that up to 5,500 premature deaths that occurred in New York City from 2008 to 2012 could have been prevented if the city’s minimum wage had been $15 an hour during that time, instead of just over $7. A higher minimum wage is an antidepressant. It is a
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Poverty, by America
People who are treated as less than fully human by the social order are more susceptible to tuberculosis. But it’s not because of their moral codes or choices or genetics; it’s because they are treated as less than fully human by the social order.
John Green • Everything Is Tuberculosis
Klinenberg gives the example of a lethal heat-wave that struck Chicago in 1995. He asked how two adjacent poor neighbourhoods on... See more
Endowing The Future
PROVIDERS IN ALL PARTS OF the health care system recognize that troublesome social conditions drive much of their work and costs. Major challenges in people’s social circumstances—layoffs, foreclosures, accidents, violence—can create horrific health care needs, many of which become chronic and carry high price tags. These extreme needs are omnipres
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