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> To your point, the issues plaguing the US ( and indeed the world ) have not changed that much over the past four decades.

Wealth inequality has an increased a lot in the last four decades. I’d start there when looking for a source for mental health issues.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-...

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Money does buy certain level of comfort ( and help if needed ) so I am more than willing to consider it as a factor, but I am not sure it is THE answer to the source of mental health issues. Lack thereof may make things worse, but I am not sure it is the core issue. FWIW, I may well be wrong, but I don't think it is fair to assume it is X, when you see same health issues pop up in otherwise wealthy environments. Most interesting example of that being 'affluenza'.

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