I cannot imagine why this might be. Isn't the USA the richest country on the planet?? You'd think spending all that money would get you something, right??
(health care spending per capita on the left, life expectancy on the right)
I cannot imagine why this might be. Isn't the USA the richest country on the planet?? You'd think spending all that money would get you something, right??
(health care spending per capita on the left, life expectancy on the right)
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma or stress in general are strongly associated with bad heath outcomes basically across the board.
Because Japan is more culturally and ethnically homogeneous, there is not such a huge fraction of the population enduring constant oppression and abuse or neglect due to racism.
Chronic trauma related responses (such as fight/flight/freeze/anxiety/depression/etc) have harmful hormone and immune system effects.
This leads to more inflammation, ulcers, heart disease, cancers, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, and obviously addictions.
(it is worth noting Nadine Burke Harris is correct about ADHD; many symptoms appearing as ADHD also exist in cPTSD, the issue is complex, both ADHD and cPTSD are very real, serious, and common conditions. Short version is that ADHD is largely a dopamine issue, and dopamine is also involved in stress responses.)