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| Jason SchnittkerSummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Misgivings of medicine?: African Americans' skepticism of psychiatric medicationJason Schnittker
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
J Health Soc Behav 44:506-24. 2003..Health beliefs about psychiatric treatment, therefore, will continue to play an important role in understanding race differences in the use of psychiatric medications...- Chronic illness and depressive symptoms in late lifeJason Schnittker
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:13-23. 2005..This age-graded effect emerges even for illnesses that are known to share a biological substrate with depression (e.g. vascular disorders). The results are discussed with respect to theories of illness, depression, and aging... 
Methuselah's medicine: pharmaceutical innovation and mortality in the United States, 1960-2000Jason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
Soc Sci Med 70:961-8. 2010..The overall relationship between innovation and mortality is sufficiently strong to warrant further consideration as a key determinant of trends in mortality...- An uncertain revolution: why the rise of a genetic model of mental illness has not increased toleranceJason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
Soc Sci Med 67:1370-81. 2008..Because of the blunt nature of the forces propelling a biomedical view--including the growing popularity of psychiatric medications--altering beliefs about the etiology of mental illness is unlikely, on its own, to increase tolerance... - Psychological factors as mechanisms for socioeconomic disparities in health: a critical appraisal of four common factorsJason Schnittker
Department of Sociology, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
Soc Biol 51:1-23. 2004..Implications for theories of socioeconomic status and health are discussed and a more social psychologically sophisticated approach is encouraged... - American attitudes toward and willingness to use psychiatric medicationsThomas W Croghan
Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:166-74. 2003..Although Americans perceive psychiatric medications to be effective, and this influences their willingness to take them, many still are not willing to take them... - Gene-environment correlations in the stress-depression relationshipJason Schnittker
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 9104 6299, USA
J Health Soc Behav 51:229-43. 2010..These exceptions do not put limits on environmental influence, but do suggest that genes operate in a complex life-course fashion... 
When mental health becomes health: age and the shifting meaning of self-evaluations of general healthJason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology, Population Studies Center, Philadelphia 19104 6299, USA
Milbank Q 83:397-423. 2005..This crossover has important implications for the detection and treatment of depressive symptoms in later life...- Enduring stigma: the long-term effects of incarceration on healthJason Schnittker
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
J Health Soc Behav 48:115-30. 2007..Exploring incarceration could lead to, among other things, a fruitful synergy among studies on fundamental causes, stigma, and stress... - The role of income and race/ethnicity in experiences with medical care in the United States and United KingdomJason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
Int J Health Serv 38:671-95. 2008..Because inequalities in medical care reflect broader social processes, they are durable across very different health care systems and contexts... - Education and the changing shape of the income gradient in healthJason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
J Health Soc Behav 45:286-305. 2004..The results are discussed in light of theory regarding the perpetuation of health disparities, as well as current debates regarding the apparent incompatibility of distributive versus aggregative goals in health policy... - Look (closely) at all the lonely people: age and the social psychology of social supportJason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6299, USA
J Aging Health 19:659-82. 2007..This article explores the relationship between age and social support. Previous research on the relationship has reached inconsistent conclusions... - Happiness and success: genes, families, and the psychological effects of socioeconomic position and social supportJason Schnittker
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 6299, USA
AJS 114:S233-59. 2008..Yet the results also suggest that the role of genetic endowments varies considerably across different features of success, suggesting complex patterns of selection, reinforcement, and causation among genes and the environment... - The promise and limits of racial/ethnic concordance in physician-patient interactionJason Schnittker
University of Pennsylvania
J Health Polit Policy Law 31:811-38. 2006..The conclusion sketches policy implications, including the merits of promoting concordance among targeted groups of patients, even in the absence of overall effects on disparities...