Is it far-fetched to say that the industrialized way of life is one of the biggest causes of the high rate of?
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You are one hundred ten percent right on the money. We are bombarded with the world. Noise pollution, air pollution. No sane person could help being anxious and depressed. We try to cope with a faced paced life, we worry about everything. Are our children safe on the street in our own neighborhoods, in school. How will we afford to educate them when we can barely keep up with the high cost of living. We have telephones shrilling, cell phones bleating, boom boxes roaring, horns blaring. Rush hour going to work rush hour getting home. The job gives you ulcers, your boss is a jerk. If you weren't on the verge of depression you are just getting through one or going into one. No peace no quiet anywhere, not even at home when you finally get there!.
Is it any wonder the suicide rate is so high? How does anyone cope? They closed the mental hospitals because there are too many patients to deal with. We are all out in the world now and driving each other nuts.
I would say it plays a big part in it. All illnesses are both a part of nature (genetics) and nurture (environment).
Actually, for my research paper this year for english I wrote about just that. I was explaining how the advancement of our nation can be partially blamed for greater rates of depression and other mental problems. I agree.
I heard somewhere (don't remember the source) that people living in poorer countries don't have as much problems with depression and lower rates of suicide.
The person addressing this proposed that it might be because these people have "real" things to worry about on a daily basis and are too busy worrying about survival to focus on issues that may lead to depression in people living in industrialized nations.
I, personally feel that this connection may have a physiological basis as well. It seems to me that people living in industrialized nations are much more likely to take toxins into their bodies from things such as drugs, processed foods, etc.
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