Robert M. Brown III, Ph.D. is a medical sociologist whose research has become increasingly more focused on the reciprocal relationship between economic stress and health, particularly in the wake of the federal government shutdown during October 2013. He also provides expertise to state, federal and private agencies in areas which include family and community violence reduction and prevention, strengthening families, job preparedness for the 21st century workforce and health promotion. He believes that health should be viewed holistically, as a state of mental, emotional, spiritual, physical a...