society mind health Flashcards
(54 cards)
- suicide rates in different countries, Austria, Prussia, Bavaria. per different faiths (jews catholic protestant) - catholics less suicide than protestant - less firmly integrated church - increased social integration better mental health - no bias author was jewish
Durkheim 1897
- 1882 11 Italians found jobs in Bangor Pennsylvania. moved created new town. til mid 1960s maintain close relationships family ties cohesive relations - less likely to have mycrocardial infarction than people in neighbouring town, same doctors water education etc. mid 1960s, lifestyle more American gradually the difference disappears.
Rosetto Egolf et al 1992
- 2229 men + 2496 women surveyed. close friends, relatives close to, how often see them, marital status, church membership, group assocs. follow up mortality -> death certificates. least connections higher death rate. objective not self report
Berkman & Syme 1979
- groups share food provide mates help care for offspring, survival tasks hunting large animals maintaining large vigilance against enemies best done by groups. need for belonging - increases survival
Baumesteir & Leary 2002
- males only. comparing results of 5 large prospective studies between 1979 and 1987. less connected people (socially integrated) died earlier.
House et al 1988
- words in autobiography, father, neighbour, coworker, talk, us, friend, collected in archival data. more connected words live 7 years longer
Pressman & Cohen 2007
- susceptibility to common cold. nasal drops given. social network index - more connections less likely to develop rhinovirus. when antibody tier - less immune - less connections
Cohen 1977
- living with spouse more diverse microbiome stronger and stable immune system. living solo heightens. vascular resistance, blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, fragmented sleep, increased hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical activity
increased glucocortical sensitivity
diminished immunity impulse control
Dill-McFarland et al 2019
- objective social iso (living alone) and subjective feeling lonely. 70 prospective studies. 29% social iso, 32 % living alone likely to die
Holt-Lunstad 2015
- 119 women sexual abused 1970s aged 10-12 reinterview 18-32 yrs. 86% African American. 62% recalled victimisation. 16% forget abuse at some stage. people who forget - less likely to have received support. recovered memories always same number of discrepancies in current and 1970s when first interviews.
Williams 1995
- 46 American adults experienced trauma. ps asked about memory always remember but not traumatic (child birth, wedding etc). - positive start middle end absence of visual auditory reliving. environmental triggers don’t bring back memories. trauma= initial difficulty remembering narrative memory emerges, intrusive recollections, sensory modalities enhanced. overwhelming
memories are different
Van der Kolk & Fisler 1995
- persistent smoking + nicotine disorder 14-21 yrs 3758 ps. more abuse more likely to have condition
Kiesly et al 2010
- 236 british children exposed to 2 or more forms of violence. showed more telomere erosion between 5 and 10 years old. even after adjusting for sex, SES, body mass than their counterparts. telomere erosion bad for health
Shalev et al 2013
- reports of physical, sexual abuse and neglect in childhood correlated with chronic inflammation
Osborn & Wisdom 2020
- meta analysis 24 studies of 28801 people child abuse associated with increased risk of negative health outcomes (effect size = 0.42). neurological and musculoskeletal largest effect.
Wegman & Stetler 2009
- 2407 adults non-instutionalised population USA. 1995-96. any child abuse associated w/ recurring stomach issues (or= 3.5), migraine (or=2.7) and ulcer (or= 4.2) all remain statistically sig after readjusting for demographics
Goodwin 2003
- nationally representative 34 653 USA population psych diagnosis DSM-5. 84% of victims had life history of at least 1 psych disorder depression 27.53% and PTSD 25.98%
Sugaya et al 2012
- used victorian institute of medicine to identify sexual abuse cases and normal cases. substantial risk for mental health problems. BPD 7 times more likely in females, males more likely to have anti social personality disorder
Cutajar et al 2010
- deaths higher in routine manual jobs than intermediate backgrounds and least managerial for cancers, heart and circulatory diseases, digestive diseases and respiratory diseases
Health Statistics Quarterly 2009
3.Risk factor in cardiovascular disease. employment grade and CHD mortality exhibits marked gradient better jobs less risk. social causation? = lower SES -> health problems OR social drift? health problems -> drift down can’t work
Whitehall study
- those with highest house income consume more fruit
Giskes et al 2002
- 6243 finish adults more likely to be a smoker if have lots of economic difficulties, manual worker/routine non manual worker, basic education and renter
Bahokenen et al 2005
- 1803 aus adults 18-59 based on last 2 weeks of physical activity. walking for recreation, light exercise and vigorous activity. all higher in high SES. daily stress associated with low SES, so engage in health compromising behaviours to get through the day
Giles-Corti & Donovan 2002
- low res associated with poor social networks, high education more close ties. low set associated with poor social networks high income more close ties
Weyers et al 2008