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    Almost 1.2 billion people living with mental disorders worldwide as case numbers nearly double since 1990
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    Almost 1.2 billion people living with mental disorders worldwide as case numbers nearly double since 1990

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    1. RiverRatt on

      Sure, the population has grown, but not by 95%. Something else is going on. The internet has consumed us. People log on and get bombarded with every ill society has to offer, and there’s plenty to go around. Tech has been weaponized against us, and it’s crippled a lot of people, especially the young, who are getting hit hardest in this study. Add in billionaires stripping away rights and making it harder than ever to earn a living and prosper, and a doubling in anxiety and depression doesn’t surprise me one bit.

    4. LVMom on

      In 1990 nobody I knew went to a therapist or psychiatrist unless they were reeeeeal fucked up. Now it’s so common that 90% of people I know see a therapist on a regular basis and probably 25% are on psych meds.

      My family has a history of mental illness and I was first prescribed meds for a number of coexisting issues in 1997. This was pre-Internet and mental health issues were stigmatized, but I was so happy to finally be “normal” that I told everybody about my new meds.

      I’m so glad that young adults today don’t feel the stigma that used to come with mental illness and can openly talk about their issues.

    5. costafilh0 on

      Modern life 101.

      Just go back to the basics, to the simple life, living in a good environment. It won’t solve everything, just make everything infinitely better. The rest you work yourself. 

    7. REXIS_AGECKO on

      Could that have something to do with better testing now than in 1990? Astonishing!

      A wise man once said: “if we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any”

    9. jpeetz1 on

      It’s almost as if it’s normal to be abnormal. Everyone else just can’t afford to get diagnosed.