Health

Wed Aug 2

So many in the West are depressed because they're expected not to be

Written by Brock Bastian, ARC Future Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Placing a high value on happiness leads us to see sadness as a failure.philippe leroyer/Flickr, CC BY

Depression is listed as the leading cause of disability worldwide, a standing to which it has progressed steadily over the past 20 years. Yet research shows a rather interesting pattern: depression is far more prevalent in Western cultures, such as...

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