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Shervin Assari, MD, MPH

Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Verified email at umich.edu
Cited by 25323

Health disparities due to diminished return among black Americans: Public policy solutions

S Assari - Social Issues and Policy Review, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There are persistent and pervasive disparities in the health of Black people compared to non‐Hispanic
Whites in the United States. There are many reasons for this gap; this article …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived discrimination among black youth: An 18-year longitudinal study

S Assari, FX Gibbons, RL Simons - Behavioral sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Recent research has suggested vulnerability to perceived racial discrimination
(PRD) as a mechanism behind high levels of depression seen in high socioeconomic status …

[HTML][HTML] Blacks' diminished return of education attainment on subjective health; mediating effect of income

S Assari - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Minorities’ Diminished Return (MDR) can be defined as smaller health gains
from socioeconomic status (SES) indicators, such as education attainment among ethnic …

[HTML][HTML] Parental educational attainment and mental well-being of college students: diminished returns of blacks

S Assari - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background. According to the Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDR) theory, the health returns
of socioeconomic status (SES) are systemically smaller for Blacks compared to Whites. …

Does discrimination explain high risk of depression among high-income African American men?

S Assari, MM Lankarani, CH Caldwell - Behavioral Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Higher socioeconomic status is known to decrease the risk for poor mental
health overall. However, African American males of higher socioeconomic status (SES) are at …

Defining polypharmacy in the elderly: a systematic review protocol

…, A Keshtkar, SK Malakouti, M Bazargan, S Assari - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Ageing—along with its associated physiological and pathological changes—places
individuals at a higher risk of multimorbidity and treatment-related complications. Today, …

Unequal gain of equal resources across racial groups

S Assari - International journal of health policy and …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The health effects of economic resources (eg, education, employment, and living place) and
psychological assets (eg, self-efficacy, perceived control over life, anger control, and …

Racial disparities in bipolar disorder treatment and research: a call to action

…, JE Balls Berry, KR Merikangas, S Assari… - Bipolar …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Health disparities between individuals of African and European ancestry are well
documented. The disparities in bipolar disorder may be driven by racial bias superimposed …

Black-White achievement gap: Role of race, school urbanity, and parental education

S Assari, A Mardani, M Maleki, S Boyce… - … health, medicine and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Recent research on Marginalization-related Diminished Returns (MDRs) has
documented weaker boosting effects of parental educational attainment on educational …

Racial discrimination during adolescence predicts mental health deterioration in adulthood: Gender differences among Blacks

S Assari, E Moazen-Zadeh, CH Caldwell… - Frontiers in public …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background Despite the existing knowledge regarding the negative mental health
consequences of perceived racial discrimination, very few researchers have used a longitudinal …