Posted by DarkWind on April 17, 2001, at 15:00:29
another question that's been nagging my mind is this: what did they do in the "old days" before psychology or psychiatry, to cope with or get over depression?
the time period i'm talking about would be prior to the time when they felt like anyone "different" was possessed, or some other such rubbish. other cultures beside european, too - what did they do? you don't hear a whole lot about depression among these people.
another thread had an interesting response to it - something about how committing suicide was seen as honorable in some cultures - and i think this is a very good point.
has depression increased in society over the past few centuries, is it more prevalent in some cultures than in others? if so, what are these other cultures doing that we aren't?
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