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Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Looking to the Past to Understand the Mental health Crisis

Mad in America

With convenience right at our fingertips, it seems paradoxical that, despite our relative prosperity, we suffer some of the highest rates of mental illness compared to any other part of the world, with more than 1 in 5 US adults living with mental illness. when agriculture began and modern civilization developed.

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Teenage years crucial for depression intervention

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

The study, funded by the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust, is published in the journal Nature Mental Health. Nature Mental Health , 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s44220-025-00415-5 Cite This Page : MLA APA Chicago University of Edinburgh. Disparities in Sleep Health and Insomnia May Begin at a Young Age Apr.