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Bruce P. Dohrenwend
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 128
Citations - 18326
Bruce P. Dohrenwend is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 127 publications receiving 17641 citations. Previous affiliations of Bruce P. Dohrenwend include University of York & Stony Brook University.
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A modified labeling theory approach to mental disorders : an empirical assessment
TL;DR: In this paper, a modified labeling perspective is proposed, which claims that even if labeling does not directly produce mental disorder, it can lead to negative outcomes, such as negative consequences for social support networks, jobs, and self-esteem.
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Stressful life events: Their nature and effects.
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Exemplification of a method for scaling life events: the Peri Life Events Scale.
TL;DR: This paper challenges several arguments for rejecting the rationale of Holmes' and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale and proposes procedural improvements for three aspects of life-event scale construction: construction of a life- event list, selection of judges, and tests of whether judges agree on their ratings.
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Socioeconomic status and psychiatric disorders: The causation-selection issue.
Bruce P. Dohrenwend,Itzhak Levav,Patrick E. Shrout,Sharon Schwartz,Guedalia Naveh,Bruce G. Link,Andrew E. Skodol,Ann Stueve +7 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that social selection may be more important for schizophrenia and that social causation may beMore important for depression in women and for antisocial personality and substance use disorders in men.
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The Latino mortality paradox: a test of the "salmon bias" and healthy migrant hypotheses.
TL;DR: This study tested the salmon bias hypothesis that Latinos engage in return migration to their country of origin and are thereby rendered "statistically immortal" and the alternative hypothesis that selection of healthier migrants to the United States accounts for the paradox.