Tag: socioeconomic status

The World’s 2nd Happiest Country Has a Surprisingly High Rate of Mental Health Disorders: Study 

Does happiness in the second-happiest country in the world come with a twist? Possibly, according to a new study showing that the country—whose population has ranked among the happiest in the world for a decade—has a surprisingly high incidence of mental health disorders. A Study Like No Other “This has never been investigated before [in Denmark],” Dr….


Study Finds Your Neighborhood Is a Factor in Your Dementia Risk

An Australian study of nearly 5,000 people found that those who lived in wealthier suburbs scored significantly higher on memory tests and lower on dementia risk tests than those who were less affluent. As the nation’s second leading cause of death, there has been a concerted effort to understand and identify risk factors for dementia….