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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Yes. My father's Mom was institutionalized with severe depression for almost a year, back in the days before WWII. Nothing seemed to help until the doctors tried ECT, which worked like a miracle cure. "Oh it wasn't a problem then, people milked cows and fed chickens" is puerile nonsense.
gpt
But saying it was less of a problem may be true. We know that there are parts of modern life which correlate with depression