... greater unhappiness- more infidelity, more conflict and even violence, more illness and depression. Sociologist Pamela Smock estimates that 45 percent of such couples undergo premarital divorce ...

... New York and New Jersey. Though not an immediate cause of death, major depression increased by more than 27% across the country between 1990 and 2016 and ...

... America? First, guns at home should be locked up, so that a depressed teenager or spouse cannot get them. Even better, why not get rid ...

... recent decades." There was no great uptick in family instability during the Great Depression when economic dislocation and devastation were much more severe. Wilcox quotes scholarly studies ...

... art galleries, universities and cultural events. "Even in some of the most depressed areas of America, a good education can be obtained with concerted effort, ...