Why no mental health epidemic in other countries?!

[WWu777]

Hi all,
I have an important question. Is it true that outside America in other countries, there is no mental illness epidemic like there is here, and no mental health industry? I was reading this website my friend recommended, and it said this:

HappierAbroad.com/secrets.php

"Outside of the US and UK, going to see a therapist or psychiatrist is virtually UNHEARD of. I'm serious about this. It's true, yet the average American has no idea that people in other countries don't have to see mental health professionals. If they did, they'd realize the obvious implication - that life and relationships in the US are so unnaturally DYSFUNCTIONAL and toxic beyond words, that many Americans go berzerk in dealing with it all amidst a soulless empty existence. This speaks volumes, yet the media never talks about it. Even the UK, compared to the US, has a far lower rate of people going to see "shrinks" (though some say things are getting worse there). The simple truth is that outside the Anglosphere, people have close friends or relatives to talk to, and their lives - which contain problems too - are far more AUTHENTIC and GENUINE than in America. Thus, going to a therapist is unheard of in the rest of the world. But most Americans don't know this at all. Well, at least now you know..."

Do any of you who've been abroad or come from other countries, know if that's true? If so, doesn't it mean our problem is with the environment and culture, and not us? Humans weren't meant to have mental illnesses right?

What do you think?

[RisingSun]

The above is not true. I have lived and traveled outside the U.S. and can assure you that mental health issues exist in all people all over the world. Just read your psychology textbook. Mine discusses the treatment of paranoid schizophrenics in India.