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New research published this week by the BMC Medicine Journal indicates that depression rates vary according a nation’s affluence. An international team of researchers, using a diagnostic test sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), polled 90,000 people, across all income levels, from 18 nations. Within the ten higher-income countries surveyed, an average of nearly 15% of the population had suffered from depression at least once in their lives, according to the study. This contrasts with 11% of people from low to middle income countries who had experienced depression.

It's been all over the internet lately, so you might already have heard: Financial advisor (FA) is high up on the list of careers associated with depression.

That uplifting tidbit was reported in a recent Health.com article listing the top fields in which full-timers are most apt to report an episode of major depression. FA was number 9 on the list. (The top 3 were Nursing Home/Child Care Worker, Food Service Staff, and Social Worker.)