Saturday, May 19, 2007

Study: Prejudice worsens physical and mental health, ups heart attack risk

Feeling unfairly treated may make you ill - Mental Health - MSNBC.com: NEW YORK - People who report a sense of being unfairly treated face a greater risk of suffering a heart attack and are in worse overall physical and mental health, researchers from the U.K. and Finland report.

The findings underscore that health is a societal issue as well as an individual concern, Dr. Roberto De Vogli of University College London, the study’s lead author, told Reuters Health. “Addressing injustice in the social environment in society can be a way to promote health and to reduce health problems, especially among people in lower socioeconomic positions,” he said in an interview.