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“The headline on MSNBC was catchy: ‘New treatment for depression – marriage.’ It was also irresponsible,” writes HuffPo blogger Bella DePaulo. “I spent years checking out claims like this while working on my book, SINGLED OUT: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After.”

DePaulo’s headline is catchy: “Is MSNBC really recommending marriage as a treatment for depression?” We’ve spent years checking out claims like this while working on this website, for which we’ll latch on to any scrap of relevancy in the news cycle to plug our product.