Neurosis (stress and depression) is the only human disease that its cutoff diagnostic criteria change (increase) through time in the last 100 years. The casual

Neurosis (stress and depression) is the only human disease that its cutoff diagnostic criteria change (increase) through time in the last 100 years. The casual level of stress of a random person today would be insane for someone in the '50s. Especially, the stress of a teenager today is similar to a psychiatric hospital patient of the '50s. The empirical criteria of depression, held by most health professionals, are influenced a lot by the mass trend. If all people are depressed (eg during a widespread economic crisis, loss of ambition, hope etc), like it happens today, then depression will tend to be mostly normal. I believe today a large percentage of people suffer from an uncovered, untold stress and depression and we professionals must resist to accept this as normal. Depression is an unbearable but curable disease and is not like house prices/rents where we have to adapt and get accustomed to.