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Written by Betty Youfeelnow Tuesday, 15 January 2013
According to the Steamboat Center for Mental Health (SCMH), its annual survey indicated that the overall mental health of Routt County residents has improved by 37 percent since last year. Those analyzing the study believe the dramatic uptick is the result of respondents feeling better about themselves after reading the online comments at the Pirate & Yesterday Web site.
Mental-health professionals observed major decreases in those self-describing themselves as depressed or mildly unstable simply by exposing them to the truly insane comments left on The Pirate & Yesterday Web site. "I'm not so crazy after all," was a common reaction from those studied.
"We found that a large percentage of Routt county residents who felt they were depressed or possibly a little 'crazy,' although we prefer not to use that word, realized they weren't mentally unhinged at all after reading the truly crazy nutjobs who leave hundreds of posts on the newspaper Web site," said Sigmund Fraud, chief scientist for SCMH. "It's not a cure-all for the truly insane, but it appears to create a lot of relief for those who may have otherwise classified themselves as mildly depressed or just a little down about themselves."
Scientists at SCMH tested their hypothesis by sampling several members of the community who had still considered themselves...
Read more: Routt County Mental Health Improving, Study Credits Newspaper Commenters for Uplift
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