Caution on the stats (you'd have to go to James' book to get the sources), sure. There may be margins influenced by different cultural attitudes to self-disclosure. Nevertheless, when we're talking about twice as much mental illness reported in the Anglosphere as Europe (and remember that the US and UK have totally different medical systems, one free, the other not, yet remarkably similar mental illness stats), I think we have to admit that James (and the WHO) is onto something real here.
Also, if people don't think they're depressed, they probably aren't. "I don't think I'm depressed, but I'm not going to report it" is a strange way to skew figures.
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Date: 2009-01-09 09:26 am (UTC)Also, if people don't think they're depressed, they probably aren't. "I don't think I'm depressed, but I'm not going to report it" is a strange way to skew figures.