One of those old scares which seems a little quaint now, not because the fears were unfounded, but because the feared thing came to pass and is normal.
Similar to old fears that family time would turn into TV time.
Similar to old fears that family time would turn into TV time.
The US is an outlier, the suicide rate has increased by 10% between 1996 and 2017.
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/suicide
I'm not sure that there is comparable data available for depression since our understanding of it has changed over the last 30 years and getting consistent data is very difficult.
They don't tell you what populations they're using; they don't tell you how these different countries are counting suicide; they don't tell you whether the methods for counting have changed over time in these countries.
The data for western Europe and the US is of high quality.
Which data would be of higher quality?
If the US is higher, this supports the argument, not refutes it
Just an other of these feared things that came to pass and are now normal.
Link to the article (in French) : http://www.le-tigre.net/marc-l.html