People don’t get antidepressants to go from 8 to 9. They get them to go from 4 to 5 (on a 0-10 happiness scale).
Maybe it isn’t a problem at all. Another possible conclusion is that given the option of a drug that can ~safely make people happier, a substantial percentage of people will take it. (I don’t know enough to have an opinion one way or another)https://twitter.com/projectileboy/status/983025178346127360 …
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or, maybe a 5 to 6. Or a 7 to 8. Or a 4 to 6. Or a 5 to 8. Without research, it's hard to definitively say - and happiness is not easy to measure.
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Agreed. I guess my real question is whether or not 25% of people in other cultures (past and present) were/are depressed enough to take medication for it. Is it human to be depressed, or is it American to be depressed? Seems worth knowing.
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(My guess is both, but I don't know.)
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People appear to have different default happiness rates (set points). Not everyone has the privilege of having a happy set point. Also "unhappy" is by definition relative to other people — there will always be a left tail end of the bell curve! Relevant: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00479.x …
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With this framing it could seem *irresponsible* to not put that chunk of negative-set-point people on antidepressants!
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