MEXICO CITY — As people across Mexico prepare Day of the Dead offerings with flowers, food and candy skulls, thousands of families across the country can’t mourn their loved ones in the old Mexican tradition, because their relatives have...
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Worldwide surveys have consistently ranked the Scandinavian countries — with their generous family-leave policies, low crime, free health care, rich economies and, yes, high income taxes — as the happiest places on earth.
Via Gina Stepp, Martha Love, Professor Jill Jameson 
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September 22, 2012 12:51 AM
This first part of the article highlights that the degree of happiness a state or country has contradicts the suicide rate. This may be in part that those who are committing suicide are unable to meet the demands and expectations necessary for happiness in that given region. The llatter part of this article ties in nicely with health psychology and a recent article I read on how the individuals health is dependent, in part, on socioeconomical status (rank).
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Where life is slower, people may have less to occupy their time; a situation that would normally spark negative emotions (e.g. argument with family member, stealing, etc.), may have a more severe and dramatic impact on these individuals. The correlation between socioeconomic status makes sense. If one does not have a meaningful place in the world, they may wonder as to what their purpose is.
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