Equal Opportunity Health

The stress of racism can create discrepancies in mental health.

The Color of Mental Illness

Can racism make us mentally ill?
by Ruth C. White, Ph.D.

Social Stress and Black Women's Health

It's time to change the health history of women of color.
by Melody T. McCloud, M.D.

Race and the Blues

Symptoms of depression don't necessarily speak up in the blunt language of mental health.
by Hara Estroff Marano

Ethnicity and Eating Disorders

Disordered eating is equally prevalent in whites, blacks, and Latinos.
by Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., M.P.H., R.D.

Psychiatry

In its ongoing attempts to define, understand, and categorize disorders, and determine the best treatments, the medical specialty of psychiatry is always up against the protean complexity of the human brain.

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Social Life

Human beings are social animals, and the tenor of our social life is one of the most important influences on our mental health.

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