From the 1980s onward, neoliberal governance in the United States, Canada, and the
United Kingdom has emphasized competitive individualism and people have seemingly …

There is a very large literature examining income inequality in relation to health. Early
reviews came to different interpretations of the evidence, though a large majority of studies …

An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long
subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and …

British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

Exponential growth is difficult for people to grasp. But that is what has happened to sales of
Albert Camus's The Plague, first published in 1947. According to Jacqueline Rose, it is 'an …

There is wide variation in population-level pain prevalence estimates in studies of survey
data around the world. The role of country-level social, economic, and political contextual …

This paper explores the factors that have recently increased support for candidates and
causes of the populist right across the developed democracies, especially among a core …

People exposed to more unfavourable social circumstances are more vulnerable to poor
mental health over their life course, in ways that are often determined by structural factors …

Substantial research shows that early adversity, including child abuse and neglect, is
associated with diminished health across the life course and across generations. Less well …

In Aldous Huxley's dystopia, Brave New World, there were five castes. The Alphas and Betas
were allowed to develop normally. The Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons were treated with …