Austin McNeill Brown
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KEY FINDINGS
- We are generally unwilling to accept people who are recovering from substance use disorders into our social and professional circles.
- People in recovery, regardless of the label used to describe them, may experience social distancing from others as the intimacy of the relationship increases.
- In an experimental study, vignettes that described substance use recovery in any form prompted a greater desire for social distance. In contrast, the control group vignette that did not mention substance use or recovery at all elicited no desire for social distance under any context.
Key findings: 
College students’ mental health is suffering. Over the past decade, rates of depression and suicidal ideation among college students have steadily increased. 
Women now make up 30% of veterans from the Post 9/11 service era. This large group of women is increasingly diverse, with non-Whites comprising 32% and Hispanics comprising 13% of female veterans.1 
It is well known that family environments impact children’s health. Family structure (whether a child lives in a married vs. single-parent family) is a strong predictor of child poverty, and child poverty is associated with poor health. 
KEY FINDINGS
Many renters in the U.S. struggle to afford housing. Nationwide, half of renters pay more than 30% of their income for rent (the federal standard for affordability). Over a quarter of renters pay more than 50% of their income for rent.