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James_Miller comments on Lesswrong Survey - invitation for suggestions - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 08 February 2016 08:13:51PM *  8 points [-]

The high rate of depression among LW readers is significant and, well, depressing. We should dig deeper and ask questions such as "Were you frequently depressed as a child?", "Has either of your parents suffered from chronic depression?", "Is your depression probably caused by loneliness?" and ask the open ended questions "What if any depression treatments have you tried that have helped you?" and "What if any depression treatments have you tried that have not ended up helping you?"