Depression has higher incidences in individualistic and affluent western societies. One probably analysis, agreeing with what you said, is that the "something w

Depression has higher incidences in individualistic and affluent western societies. One probably analysis, agreeing with what you said, is that the "something wrong" is the lack of social cohesion that prosperity and modernity have brought. The broader direction of our culture for >100 years has lead to the breakdown of institutions that maintain social cohesion in favor of personal autonomy and expression (which those same social institutions, to varying degrees, inhibit). That's the trade off for placing personal autonomy and self-expression at the paramount of social priorities--the guard rails come off.