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PubMed Feed- Prediction of Suicide Attempts Among Persons with Depression: A Population-Based Case Cohort Study
- Correction: Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Physiology and Big Data
- Trends in Suicide Among Black Women in the United States, 1999-2020
- HIV Prevention and Care Among Black Cisgender Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women: Protocol for an HIV Status-Neutral Cohort Study Using an Observational-Implementation Hybrid Approach
- Trends in Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans With and Without Psychiatric Disorders Between 2005 and 2019
- An evolutionary perspective on complex neuropsychiatric disease
- Has the opening of Amazon fulfillment centers affected demand for disability insurance?
- Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity
- Maternal early pregnancy body mass index and bipolar disorder in the offspring
- Behavioral Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Among Children of Women With Epilepsy
Category Archives: Environmental Justice
Overflowing Disparities: Examining the Availability of Litter Bins in New York City
The 1980s marked the birth of the modern environmental justice movements thanks to civil rights activists’ concerns about the disproportionate placements of landfills in low-income and Black communities. (see our Environmental Justice Spotify playlist here) Similar environmental injustice concerns are … Continue reading
Criminogenic or criminalized? Testing an assumption for expanding criminogenic risk assessment.
Proponents of criminogenic risk assessment and algorithmic prediction for criminal recidivism have called for its widespread expansion throughout the criminal justice system, including for setting bail, pre-trial detention decisions, sentencing, and even policing. Its success in predicting recidivism is taken … Continue reading
Analyzing Mixtures of Environmental Contaminants
It has long been understood that the burden of environmental pollution is disproportionately felt in certain neighborhoods, particularly low-income or minority neighborhoods. In the 1980’s the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) described Environmental Justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all … Continue reading
Environmental Justice: Social Disparities in Exposures to Environmental Pollutants
Location, location, location. Anyone who has been in the real estate market knows that location is one of the most important factors in determining property value. But, a large body of evidence indicates that property value is not the only … Continue reading
Music about the Environment
We just posted a mix of songs on environmental issues to the Social Epi Radio section of our website. The National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEHS) states that environmental factors are fundamental determinants of health and well-being. Researchers and activists have … Continue reading