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...What the researchers were looking for was what they called frequent mental distress (FMD), which they defined as 14 or more bad days out of 30. And while the questions they asked were broad, when you ask them nearly 2½ million times, some patterns start to emerge. Between 1993 and 2001, 9% of Americans were found to be suffering from FMD; by 2006, that number had nosed up to 10.2%. The saddest state was Kentucky, with a steady 14.4% of residents reporting FMD in both surveys. West Virginia was next. Its score of 9.6% in the first sample soared...
...which tied at 7.5%. Almost everywhere, though, the trend lines were down. Overall, 44 states plus the District of Columbia scored worse on the second survey than on the first; one remained unchanged; and only five (Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, Texas and Iowa) improved. Even then, the downtick in FMD was less than 1%. And while it's true that even in a state like Kentucky, a 14.4% score means 85.6% did not suffer from FMD, plenty of people may still be experiencing mental distress regularly, just not as frequently as 14 days per month. (See pictures of Americans...
...Lower FMD can result from physical conditions like disability or diabetes or stressful life events like unemployment," says Zack. "It may also be a result of state and county policies that don't provide social safety nets like unemployment compensation and community mental-health services...
...population was hit equally hard by gloom. The most anxious folks were between the ages of 18 and 24; the least anxious were the oldest: 65-plus. Native Americans were the most-stressed ethnic group; the least stressed were Asians and Pacific Islanders. Of all the drivers of FMD, unemployment and other economic woes are the most powerful - hence lower-income Native Americans and higher-income Asians wound up on opposite ends of the FMD scale. Similarly, while there is legitimate economic distress among seniors living on fixed or declining incomes, it's students and recent grads who face...
...While quarantine has improved, prevention has not. How did the cows catch the virus in the first place? A government investigation is focusing on two biological research labs at the Pirbright complex, 3 miles (4.8 km) from where this outbreak first appeared. The same strain of FMD found in Surrey's infected cattle is used by the state-run Institute for Animal Health and by the private firm Merial for research and vaccine making...