There are multiple possible explanations for that. I don’t see any direct link between the kind of content we millenials consumed in our childhood and the apparent rise in the number of mental health cases. I’d be willing to bet that the time spend consuming said content plays a much bigger factor.
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frogfruit@slrpnk.net 8 months agoMillennials have higher rates of mental illness than previous generations. We are far from fine.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
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[deleted]Glitchington@lemmy.world 8 months ago
When I was younger I wasn’t sad because I was online, I was online because I was sad and felt out of place in reality.
The cough isn’t the cause of the cold, it’s a symptom.
Also, I gained more empathy the older I got. So you probably need a bigger data set than your own experiences.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Hard to believe this isn’t simply due to improved detection, reporting and treatment options.
frogfruit@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Gen X and boomers still go to the Dr and undergo depression screenings, yet Gen X has roughly half the rates of depression as gen z and millennials. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934502/
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
The key metric would be to review care detection and frequency at the same chronological age of participants, not simply today.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’d imagine an increasingly hostile world economy coupled with a then-looming but now beginning climate crisis might have a huge impact there.