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mental illness in developing world is a very sad subject. mostly people don't understand and don't have the capacity to deal with it, and there is almost no support.

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Is it a “sad” subject? Or is it a cultural adaptation to scarcity and tough circumstances? Nobody cares about your emotional health in the Bangladeshi village my dad is from. Would the village function better if they sat around talking about their feelings like white people?

Indeed mental illness is higher than basic needs on the Maslow pyramid but some people overlook that.

Obviously people would care if they didn’t have more important/pressing needs to care about.

Psychosis, schizophrenia and suicidality are not about "sitting around talking about your feelings". What an insane take.

You need medication to meaningfully address those major conditions, which most people in the developing world don’t have. Even there it seems like the reaction of people in the Philippines (to ostracize people with those conditions to avoid them becoming a burden to thecommunity) is a rational adaptation to their circumstances.

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