Over the last several decades, epidemiological studies have been enormously successful in
identifying risk factors for major diseases. However, most of this research has focused …

The current article summarizes the results of a comprehensive review of the international
research published between 1990 and 2010. The research was focused on the prevalence …

Eliminating health disparities is a fundamental, though not always explicit, goal of public
health research and practice. There is a burgeoning literature in this area, but a number of …

Political pronouncements and policy statements include much conjecture concerning the
health and behavioral effects of economic decline. We both summarize empirical research …

Background Exposure to stress is potentially important in the pathway to alcohol use and
alcohol use disorders. Stressors occur at multiple time points across the life course, with …

▪ Abstract This review explores the role of environments in creating chronic and acute health
disorders. A general framework for studying the nesting of social environments and the …

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness
as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most …

Exposure to stress often is psychologically distressing. The impact of stress on alcohol use
and the risk of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) depends on the type, timing during the life …

Aim Concurrently with increasingly permissive attitudes towards marijuana use and its
legalization, the prevalence of marijuana use has increased in recent years in the US …

The effects of academic examination stress on health behavior was assessed in university
students. It was hypothesized that the anticipation of examinations would lead to increases …