What are some of the important social and economic consequences of depression?

What are some of the important social and economic consequences of depression?
Do you think that what looks like an increase in emotional problems is, as one person suggested, just a result of increased awareness of mental illness? Why or why not?
How do the authors suggest that the rise of cities has increased the rate of mental illness? Do you agree?
Can you think of ways to explain the differences between various locations in the prevalence of adult depression shown in the CDC map of the United States?
Think about your experience using Facebook and other social media. Does this experience, as the authors propose, make you feel less satisfied with your life? Do you think this could happen with other people?
In what other ways might media, e.g., movies, blogs, television, newspapers, magazines, affect our satisfaction with our lives and our sense of our social rank positively or negatively?

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