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It is believed that 50 years ago depression was less researched and therefore less diagnosed/recognised. Also, social stigma of mental disorders was stronger a
by poushkar 8y ago
It is believed that 50 years ago depression was less researched and therefore less diagnosed/recognised.
Also, social stigma of mental disorders was stronger and people generally kept quiet about it.
The bottom line is: it was always there, it's just that we talk about it more nowadays.
- mdorazio 8y agoI thought the same thing, but the data does not support this view. See my other comment in this thread - if you look at the symptoms of depression/anxiety rather than specific diagnoses of it, the trends are pretty clear.
- copperx 8y agoIf there were no data, how can you say that the data do not support this view?
- ComputerGuru 8y agoWho says there is no data? http://www.csun.edu/~dma/Twenge,%20Gentile,%20DeWall,%20Ma,%20Lacefield,%20&%20Schurtz%20(2010).pdf http://www.csun.edu/~dma/Twenge,%20Gentile,%20DeWall,%20Ma,%...
- mdorazio 8y agoThere is data. See my other comment...