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This has not<br \/>\nonly led to an increase in various mental health disorders but has also influenced other aspects of our life and well-being \u2013 from family planning through to levels of exercise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The middle class has been especially affected by the turbulence of the economic recession \u2013 amongst all of the conditions that were investigated, GPs routinely associated the increases they\u2019ve seen with middle Britain. 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