[thaumasiotes]

> Something like 40% fit the criteria for severe depression or severe anxiety.

Psychological (indeed, medical) criteria are not necessarily all they're cracked up to be.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=3303

[sudosysgen]

That's still higher than the general population.

[thaumasiotes]

That would indicate either a problem in the population under discussion, or a problem with the diagnostic criteria.