Thursday, June 23, 2011

Not-So-Weird Science

Mental health is negatively affected by growing up in, or living in, cities. Scientific studies supporting this hypothesis have appeared in the journal Nature, and articles popularizing the study are here in the Globe and Mail and here in the Daily Mail (U.K.).

Since more than half of the world's population lives in cities, this is serious stuff. Logical response to the findings: live in rural areas, the DrsC have done so for more than three decades.