affected the lives of Americans and their mental health. For Example, how much did the rate of divorce, suicide, murders and burglary increase during these years. Who was affected most, the poor or the affluent? Is this a trend that will happen in today’s economic crisis?
My research into the great depression era has shown that it had a great psychological effect on Americans in general. The suicide rate increased dramatically, from 12.1 per 100,000 people to approximately 18.9 per 100,000, but…
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