Stone-age thinking

Depression appears to be a byproduct of modern life - but a range of cognitive behavioural therapies seems to provide a large part of the solution.

By Linley Boniface In Health

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20th November, 2010

Psychology

We should be happier than we are. New Zealanders are safer, wealthier and healthier than most of the people on the planet, and we can look forward to living longer and infinitely more comfortable lives than most of the generations that came before us. So why are we so depressed? Despite our extraordinary advantages, more than one in 10 New Zealanders will experience depression. The prescribing rate for anti-depressants is soaring, and we continue to experience much higher levels of depression than people who lead far harder lives than us. Depression is almost unknown among modern-day ...

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