Major Depressive Disorders Have an Enormous Economic Impact

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May 05, 2021

Mental Health Major Depressive Disorders Have an Enormous Economic Impact Their prevalence has more than tripled during the pandemic, but the trends were already troubling long before it arrived By Paul E. Greenberg

Public Health Reckless Rush to Reopen Threatens Chile's Exemplary Vaccination Strategy Easing restrictions without clear risk communication undercuts some of the country's hard-won progress in fighting the pandemic By Luke Taylor

Climate Meet Biden's Climate Voice on Capitol Hill Louisa Terrell has the tough job of moving Biden's infrastructure package through Congress By Scott Waldman,E&E News

Environment People May Have Used Fire to Clear Forests More Than 80,000 Years Ago Bushland around northern Lake Malawi in Africa might be the legacy of people burning forests tens of thousands of years earlier By Katarina Zimmer​

Behavior & Society Adolescent Brains Are Wired to Want Status and Respect: That's an Opportunity for Teachers and Parents Advances in neuroscience and psychology could lead to real-world benefits in education and mental health By Lydia Denworth

Behavior & Society We Must Rethink the Role of Medical Expert Witnesses The Derek Chauvin trial highlighted a deficiency in the criminal justice system By Amitha Kalaichandran

Public Health How Human Challenge Trials Can Accelerate Vaccine Development Studies in which subjects volunteer to be infected with a disease reduce the uncertainties and bottlenecks of other types of trials By Nicolas Noulin

Public Health Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza By Katie Peek

FROM THE STORE Criminal Psychology and the Roots of Violence In 2020, mass shootings and hate crimes reached record highs. On January 6, 2021, a deadly mob stormed the US Capitol. In this eBook, we examine the factors that contribute to aggressive and brutal behavior, including its biological and genetic underpinnings, how intimacy and bias can lead to violence, how people become radicalized to commit acts of aggression, as well as certain psychological disorders and their role in violent behavior.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm The growing gulf between rich and poor inflicts biological damage on bodies and brains By Robert M. Sapolsky | November 2018

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