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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:38:00 +0000

I’m instantly suspicious of any discussion of mental illness that presumes it has a circumstantial cause. We might get very similar results if we replaced “depression” with “schizophrenia,” considering the impact the symptoms of the latter can have on one’s educational prospects, but we certainly wouldn’t say that schizophrenia is caused by low educational attainments.

And even if we can attribute a certain amount of depression symptoms to life circumstances, how do we detach educational attainment from career attainment, considering the well-known correlation between level of degree and average income?

By: The_L1985

The_L1985 — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:19:00 +0000

It’s certainly possible.

By: Jason J. Shaw

Jason J. Shaw — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 03:27:00 +0000

Of course, this is a study of students in a time where student debt dwarfs that of which current students have to bear. I imagine the playing field would be increasingly more level these days.

By: Bill R

Bill R — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:52:00 +0000

Please educate us about how educational attainment was determined to be the cause of depression after other proximal correlates of educational attainment were considered and ruled out.

I’m wondering if 99% of the world was depressed prior to the twentieth century.

By: Larry Charles Wilson

Larry Charles Wilson — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 22:52:00 +0000

Never heard the bit about landing among the stars. My mother (b.1922 d.2000) used to say “fly high and land in a cow pile.”

By: Fernando

Fernando — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:55:00 +0000

But what if it is depression that leads to increased chances of dropping out? Then one thing feeds on the other, but depression was already there.

By: Yrro Simyarin

Yrro Simyarin — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:26:00 +0000

I always hated that quote for the complete ignorance it shows of astronomy.

By: myblackfriendsays

myblackfriendsays — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:33:00 +0000

Sweet.