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pril 29, 2009—Never mind depressed real estate values—the old mantra "location, location, location" may be just as important to your mental health, a new U.S. government report suggests. This county-by-county map shows the percentages of residents who reported "frequent mental distress" (FMD)—defined as 14 or more days of emotional discomfort, including "stress, depression and problems with emotion," during the previous month. Three days of mental distress is considered average, the researchers say.
Over the course of two random telephone surveys—one administered between 1993 and 2001, the other between 2003 and 2006—a team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked a total of 2.4 million adults about their mental health.
The data depicted above come from the most recent of the surveys.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090429-stress-map-kentucky-picture.html
pril 29, 2009—Never mind depressed real estate values—the old mantra "location, location, location" may be just as important to your mental health, a new U.S. government report suggests. This county-by-county map shows the percentages of residents who reported "frequent mental distress" (FMD)—defined as 14 or more days of emotional discomfort, including "stress, depression and problems with emotion," during the previous month. Three days of mental distress is considered average, the researchers say.
Over the course of two random telephone surveys—one administered between 1993 and 2001, the other between 2003 and 2006—a team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked a total of 2.4 million adults about their mental health.
The data depicted above come from the most recent of the surveys.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090429-stress-map-kentucky-picture.html