Tag: class

How Pain is Treated Depends on Socioeconomic Status

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A new international study reveals how healthcare providers treat patientā€™s pain may depend on that patientā€™s socioeconomic status.

Medicalizing Society

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From Jacobin: "...the idea that population-wide rates of despair and social dysfunction should be understood as biological diseases, rather than the result of rampant...

Study Finds Racial and Class Discrimination in Psychotherapy

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Are psychotherapists less likely to accept patients that are working class or black? According to a new study from the American Sociological Association, the answer is yes. The study, published in this monthā€™s issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, found that therapists in New York City were less likely to offer appointments to patients who were black or lower working-class.