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Systemic and direct racism, manifested in laws and policies as well as personal implicit biases, result in Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic Americans being the targets of police violence.
We therefore explore the construct of police violence as a potential etiological factor for mental health conditions, based on the assumptions that (1) violence and trauma are associated with elevated risk for a broad range of mental health symptoms and (2) the contribution to risk may vary not only by severity of exposure, but also by type of e...
- Jordan DeVylder, Lisa Fedina, Bruce Link
- 2020
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Jul 1, 2020 · Abstract. Objective. Depression is the most common mental illness worldwide. It has become an important public health problem. This study aimed to determine the global burden of depression and how it has changed between 1990 and 2017. Methods. We used information on depression obtained by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study from 1990 to 2017.
- Qingqing Liu, Hairong He, Jin Yang, Xiaojie Feng, Fanfan Zhao, Jun Lyu
- 2020
Fatal police violence by race and state in the USA, 1980–2019: a network meta-regression; New release: The Lancet: More than half of police killings in USA are unreported and Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal police violence
Jan 10, 2022 · GBD 2019 showed that mental disorders remained among the top ten leading causes of burden worldwide, with no evidence of global reduction in the burden since 1990. The estimated YLLs for mental disorders were extremely low and do not reflect premature mortality in individuals with mental disorders.
INTRODUCTION 3. POLICE VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH 4. Effects of Police Brutality on Mental Health and Community Trust 4. Why Police Brutality Distinct in the Realm of Public Health 7. 1. Police Violence is State-Sanctioned 8. 2. Police Are Pervasive 9. 3. Limited Options for Recourse 9.
Regardless of personal encounters with the police, the anticipatory stress of police brutality—concern that one might become a victim of police brutality—was associated with depression and anxiety. These findings highlight police brutality as an anticipatory stressor and have implications for whiteness as.
