Are we experiencing more mental illness or are we just more aware? Does an increase in awareness come with a decrease in stigmatisation? Mark Rice-Oxley, writing in the Guardian examines mental illness, how it appears, who it affects and whether it's evolving alongside our societies. 

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Mental illness: is there really a global epidemic?

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