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Re: Did you know that Holland has the highest rate of depression in Europe



I agree that climate and daylight are not the overarching determinants of 
depression/suicide but the substantial amount of research on Seasonal 
Affective Disorder (SAD) would lead one to believe that for susceptible 
individuals, they do play a part.  I also read that Finland had the 
highest rate of depression in Europe. FWIW

rhg


>One of the few things I remember from my sociology 101 class this
>semester: Nevada has the highest suicide rate of the fifty US states.
>The professor said that general sociological opinion links this to that
>state's rapid population growth -- many people pull up roots and move
>there, don't develop connections to people to replace the old ones they
>had, and thus are at the greatest risk for committing suicide.  I don't
>think suicide rates are related to temperature or amount of daylight.



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