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Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts − new research

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Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. That is one key finding from our new study, published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. When we exam... Read Full article on HadNews.com
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Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit

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People living in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, which returned regulation of abortion access to state legislatures, are more likely to report elevated levels of mental distress. This is particularly true for people of lower socioeconomic means. These are the key takeaways of our July 2024 paper published in Science Advances. We mined two years’ worth of data from the National Household Pulse Survey and analyzed 21 survey waves, each with more than 60,000 respondents. We were able to trace how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans aff...... Read Full article on HadNews
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