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> ...Americans’ mental health has, according to some measures, deteriorated. I wonder if these "measures" tried to account for the fact that the idea of "ment

> ...Americans’ mental health has, according to some measures, deteriorated. I wonder if these "measures" tried to account for the fact that the idea of "mental health" is something that we as a society have only recently tried to destigmatize and normalize. Seems to me that even just a decade or two ago many mental health issues were something you brushed under the rug or something that "other people" had to deal with but "never me". Could it just be the case that many more people are finally coming forward with issues that they had all along?

concinds 10y ago
Do you really think we've even begun destigmatizing mental health issues? I don't think the current situation is any better than it ever was. Being able to find like-minded people on internet communities to discuss mental issues they're also facing isn't the same as mental health issues being "normalized" and "destigmatized" at the cultural level. Wouldn't it be fairer to say that global mental health has deteriorated because there are several factors favoring that, and fewer (I would say no) factors acting in the opposite direction?