That's assuming there's no other influences. I'm sure someone could design a study that accounted for that, it seems mighty difficult though and I haven't seen it.
The simple fact is the world is massively different than it was 50 years ago, we just weren't built to be 24/7 always on information consumers. There's good theories around that many increases in mental illness have to do with living in a more anxiety inducing world. There's also the fact that in the 60s we knew close to sweet fuck all about mental illness compared with today. I mean, we still have doctors today putting anxiety disorders down to female hysteria.
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The simple fact is the world is massively different than it was 50 years ago, we just weren't built to be 24/7 always on information consumers. There's good theories around that many increases in mental illness have to do with living in a more anxiety inducing world. There's also the fact that in the 60s we knew close to sweet fuck all about mental illness compared with today. I mean, we still have doctors today putting anxiety disorders down to female hysteria.