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Is positive thinking making us depressed?

According to a Danish psychologist the emphasis on positive thinking in modern psychology is why young people are so anxious and depressed.

Professor Svend Brinkmann, who wrote Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze, tells John Humphrys we should speak about negative things and "not cloud them in positive thoughts".

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