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Why Depression is More Common in Intellectuals and Women
Recently, the demise of Hong Kong female vocalist Coco Lee has captured the public’s attention once again, redirecting focus towards the affliction of depression. Depression has long stood as a formidable adversary of humanity. In the contemporary society, depression’s deleterious impact on health and life has become more profound and consequential. However, two pivotal aspects and the underlying rationales behind depression among modern individuals have been overlooked. Occupationally, the intellectual cohort exhibits the highest incidence rate of depression, approximately sixfold that of the general populace. In terms of gender, the prevalence rate among women is roughly twice that of men. Evans of the Health Science Center at the University of…