Why a sociological imagination is necessary to understand

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Question: You confide in your friend that you are struggling with depression and anxiety and they respond by telling you that you are wasting your time taking sociology courses and should switch to bio-psychology for answers. Explain to your friend why a sociological imagination is necessary to understand such personal troubles as social issues and how the economic context of neo-liberalism might explain why there are rising rates of such disorders.

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