One of these vehicles is seen as a symbol of an elitist lifestyle that imposes itself on society and takes away the freedom of others.

The other is a car.

(H/T Doug Gordon)

Half of business owners on this #Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % for those who walked or cycled? 72%.

Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via Carlton Reid
forbes.com/sites/carltonr…

I wonder why scientific fields, including psychology, revisit and 'rediscover' certain topics over time, basically ignoring prior work.

We can just be cynical and say people don't read enough or are purposely selling old wine in new bottles.

But I don't think that's it. 1/2

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A new study has found that the structures we live in actually determine our health. Maybe unsurprisingly, low income individuals and renters have it worst.

cheknews.ca/rising-housing…

Social media is a collective trap

Users are willing to pay $28 and $10 to have others, including themselves, deactivate #TikTok and #Instagram , respectively.

People feel socially compelled to use social media despite how awful it makes them feel:
nber.org/system/files/w…

One of the greatest findings of 20th century anthropology is that social structures shape psychological structures, and one of the greatest failings of modern psychology is to have almost entirely ignored this.

We've just released a report on priorities for #LongCOVID care, information and research, co-created with patients, caregivers and clinicians in BC. It's especially exciting to release alongside our event tonight with Ed Yong is not here on Long COVID reporting 🔗 pipps.cdn.prismic.io/pipps/Zg2GWjsk…

Loved seeing research with collaborators Thomas Astell-Burt Xiaoqi Feng Dr. Simon King Chris Lemieux Andreea Bratu Prof. Kiffer Card featured in this piece.
heartlungcirc.org/article/S1443-…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36613183/
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨New Article🚨: The impact of housing prices on residents’ health: a systematic review

“Potential gains to health associated with rising housing prices are inequitably distributed.”

Read: link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Ashmita Grewal Dr. Marina Adshade, Ph.D. Scott Lear, PhD SFU Health Sciences Kirk Hepburn

The top 3 social determinants of #mentalhealth in major depressive disorder according to a recent umbrella review of 26 meta-analyses and systematic reviews:

1. Early-life adversities

2. intimate partner violence in women

3. Food insecurity
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Lesbian, gay & bisexual workers are 3x more likely to be precariously employed. Overqualified, low career prospects & incomes, discrimination & harassment, part-time & irregular/contracts are common; bi workers face the poorest outcomes.
#SDOH
#LGBTQ
Check out our OA article!

Big congratulations to Vivian A Welch , one of our valued research partners that has been awarded an Applied Public Health Chair by CIHR and Public Health PHAC ! 👏 Your dedication to advancing public health research is truly inspiring.
Canadian Red Cross

'Mental illness' doesn't cost England £300bn a year (as this article/study claims), but the harmful effects of living with adverse circumstances. So the solution isn't funding more medicalised interventions but identifying & addressing those circumstances.
theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

Individual patient data meta-analysis (346 patients from 8 studies,) finds no evidence for superiority of EMDR over other PTSD therapies. No significant differences in symptom reduction or dropout rates.

cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Nature is a surprisingly effective drug. The link between time in 🌳and physical & mental health has been shown in multiple studies & controlled experiments.

No one knows all of the mechanisms of action, but 90 minutes a week seems a good dose. In cities, parks seem to work

Real world debates are not about 'foundations' of liberty or fairness.

They are about *victims*--who is most vulnerable to mistreatment. Cops? Black people? Fetuses?

8 studies show moral debates are explained by diff 'assumptions of vulnerability' (AoVs) btw libs and cons.

Social media use is linked to social anxiety (r=.14), according to a meta-analysis of 27 studies (N = 38,163)

The link is stronger in studies with greater age and racial diversity, that include global data & more reliable measures of social media use
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Join us as Prof. Kiffer Card, Andrea Wadman, and Cindy Yu share their findings from a mixed method study to understand #SocialPrescribing needs and perspectives of #seniors .

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With successful pilot after successful pilot, why is the notion of Universal Basic Income still met with skepticism? It's not a handout; it's a launch pad. Imagine a society where the fear of failure isn't a barrier to trying new ideas. That's not utopia; that's a smart economy.