depression

World's Worst PR Guy spins for: America

April 7, 2008 - A New York Times/CBS poll reports that 81 percent of respondents said they believed that "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." As 23/6's resident PR flack-on-retainer explains, this is simply a case of looking at the glass as fourth-fifths empty...

Just Shoot Me

April 4, 2008 - The newspaper should come with an anti-depressant. Here are the stories we New Yorkers were greeted with this morning: 81% of people polled say the nation is on the...

The gnawing feeling in your gut that America sucks? Confirmed

April 4, 2008 - A New York Times/CBS poll reports that 81 percent of respondents said they believed that "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." In 2003, only 35 percent of respondents agreed with that sentiment...

A New Study: Sadness + Self-Indulgence = Extravagance

February 8, 2008 - Don't be surprised if retailers introduce "Antidepressant sales," and actually raise their prices now that a study has revealed people tend to spend with greater abandon when they're unhappy, particularly those who are self-absorbed. Study participants who'd watched a sadness-inducing video (sh...

Just a few minutes with Tyra and these women no longer want to hurt their kids, they want to hurt Tyra

February 4, 2008 - Tyra Banks interviews women who make Britney Spears look like a mother...