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> China do not have the same dramatic rises in mental illness Or does their culture just tend to view higher levels of distress as normal given how competitive
by MattGaiser 3y ago
> China do not have the same dramatic rises in mental illness
Or does their culture just tend to view higher levels of distress as normal given how competitive it is there?
https://fortune.com/2023/07/06/china-gen-z-mental-health-crisis-suicide-academic-depression-education/ https://fortune.com/2023/07/06/china-gen-z-mental-health-cri...
That being said, they are open that there are issues there as well.
- outlace 3y agoYeah but there’s big a difference between mental health issues in China being driven by intense academic competition and pressure and, as the Haidt article claims, lack of enough unstructured playtime.
- tinycombinator 3y agoIntense academic competition and lack of unstructured playtime would seem to go hand-in-hand, no?