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Hidden costs for the ‘hidden poor’

Hidden poor seniors said they felt depressed “some, most or all of the time” at a rate of 10.6 percent, compared to 3.4 percent of those above the Elder Index.
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Steven Wallace (department of Community Health Sciences at Fielding School of Public Health) is the lead author of a new fact sheet by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reporting that in high-cost areas of California, people with incomes much higher than the federal poverty level struggle to maintain a basic quality of life and may experience feelings of depression.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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Discrimination can be harmful to your mental health

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UCLA

Vickie Mays (department of Psychology, Fielding School of Public Health), Gilbert Gee (Fielding School of Public Health) and Susan Cochran (Fielding School of Public Health) provide research that shows people who become targets of discrimination can suffer effects ranging from low self-esteem to a higher risk for developing stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.

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UCLA Q&A: The modern mismatch

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Rebecca Cabage/ UCLA

Dr. Peter Whybrow, best-selling author and director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, believes that a stressful mismatch between the brain’s evolved biology and today’s demanding culture has helped shape behavior and habits that can prove trying. Dr. Whybrow notes the correlation between a more stressful and competitive society and more anxiety and depression, especially for students on campus.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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Future thinking at UCLA’s medical enterprise

The vice chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences and CEO of UCLA Health, Dr. John Mazziotta studied neurology in medical school and, ultimately, brain mapping. Today UCLA has one of the largest neuroscience faculties in the country. And neuroscience is the single largest discipline on campus.
The vice chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences and CEO of UCLA Health, Dr. John Mazziotta studied neurology in medical school and, ultimately, brain mapping. Today UCLA has one of the largest neuroscience faculties in the country. And neuroscience is the single largest discipline on campus.
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Q&A session with Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and Dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, Dr. John Mazziotta that includes causes of depression.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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