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What We’re Reading: November 27, 2017

November 27, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

The Best and Worst States for Mental Health | Mental Health America Over half of American adults with mental illness do not receive any type of care. Even among the top-ranking states in the report, less than half of American adults with mental health conditions received any type of treatment. That means that mental health [...]

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What We’re Reading October 23, 2017

October 23, 2017 by Claudia Paoletto

For many older Americans, the rat race is over. But the inequality isn’t.| Washington Post While the rat race ends with retirement, one of its principal features extends well past a person's last day of work. Income inequality in the United States spills over from the job into the last decades of life, according to [...]

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