Background Changes in employment conditions in the global economy over the past 30
years have led to increased job insecurity and other work organization hazards. These …

This paper uses a framework developed for gender and tropical diseases for the analysis of
non-communicable diseases and conditions in develo** and industrialized countries. The …

El objetivo principal del presente estudio es analizar las propiedades psicométricas del
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) como un instrumento de cribado en una muestra …

This glossary presents a comprehensive list of indicators of socioeconomic position used in
health research. A description of what they intend to measure is given together with how …

In this article we adopt a Bourdieu‐based approach to study social inequalities in
perceptions of mental and physical health. Most research takes into account the impact of …

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El objetivo fue analizar la producción científica realizada en América Latina que indaga el
impacto de la condición socioeconómica sobre los trastornos mentales y el uso o …

Psychiatric epidemiologists were among the first to use the term “social epidemiology”(1),
and the role of the social environment in the etiology and course of major mental disorders …

There are profound maternal effects on individual differences in defensive responses and
reproductive strategies in species ranging literally from plants to insects to birds. Maternal …

Despite a well‐established social gradient for many mental disorders, there is evidence that
individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and …