The link between psychosis and city living was first noticed by American psychiatrists in the early 1900s who found that asylum patients were more likely to come from built-up areas. This association was sporadically rediscovered throughout the following century until researchers verified the association from the 1990s onwards with systematic and statistically controlled studies that tested people in the community as well as in clinics. — The Atlantic
While the data shows a clear link between city living and schizophrenia, the correlation doesn't hold for other mental health afflictions like depression. This signifies that the city doesn't necessarily have a general detrimental effect on well-being. And there's no conclusive proof that the city causes psychosis, even if there's clearly some relationship going on.
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Dumb boring suburbia makes me crazy
We see a lot of the same behavioral pathologies in humans living in crowded environments that John B. Calhoun observed in his famous rodent experiments back in the 1960s. And it seems to be getting worse.
Materialism makes you go crazy.
I've lived on a farm, in two large cities, and in smaller cities. My purple triangle is in the city.
Just talking about the American City or others..?
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