Some years ago I met some scientists in the United States who said that the rate of mental illness in their country was quite high – around twelve percent of the population. It became clear during our discussion that the main cause of the depression was not a lack of material necessities but a deprivation of the affection of others. This is very sad. Humans are not solitary animals that associate only in order to mate.
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