Stress Archives

05.26.2021 person with measuring tape

Health Equity

Racism on the Scales

Researchers measured racism at the county level in the United States and evaluated its association with body mass index.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

05.18.2021 a black and white pixelated head

The Trauma of Colonization

The high percentage of psychological distress among Guam's indigenous Chamorros speaks to the intergenerational trauma inflicted by colonization.

Fellow Sara Mar

02.16.2021 a graph of different colored bars

Health Equity

Less Stress

Conventional research on stress, poverty, and race often concludes that poorer minority families live the most stressful lives; a recent study suggests that, in Detroit, there is more to the story.

Fellow Edward Alexander

02.04.2021 a group of hands raised up

Health Equity

Sailing Impossible Seas

Incorporating stress appraisal into health disparities research demonstrates the distinctiveness of the stress experiences for Black elders.

Guest Author Lauren Brown

01.13.2021 a graph of a number of people with different colored bars

Mental & Behavioral Health
Mental Health

Depressed in the US

The aftermath of the pandemic will require the development of long-term strategies that address mental health broadly.

Fellow Pat Williams

01.12.2021 a group of hands pointing at a person's face

Bullied at Work

Bullies aren’t confined to playgrounds and middle school cafeterias. Many people are bullied at their jobs well into adulthood.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

11.02.2020 a hand and a virus

Resilience in the Time of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has had lingering effects, and it continues to have profound and multidimensional impacts on mental and physical health.

Guest Authors Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Kirsten Fleming, Cindy H. Liu

09.03.2020 a hand with a fist and a tattoo on it

Police Contact and Wellbeing

If we do not radically rethink policing, every interaction with the police may continue to have drastic effects on a person’s health.

Fellow Edward Alexander

06.08.2020 a person wearing checkered shoes

Child Health is Adult Health

Addressing and preventing trauma in childhood could be a key factor in reducing one of America’s most common chronic inflammatory diseases.

Fellow Pat Williams

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