https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/modern-world-modern-mind/202205/the-one-crisis-causes-them-all
To jump to the end, modern life doesn't cause mental illness and poor well-being per se. It causes vulnerability to all these things. To give an analogy: Imagine a large city with terrible air

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330161/
Deteriorating health of modern populations via the obesity epidemic (Flegal et al., 2010) is a likely contributing factor to a rising prevalence of depression. Compared to normal-weight peers, obese individuals are at an increased risk of diseases of modernity and their associated health complications ( Must et al., 1999 ), as well as a lower

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318230
However, this correlation only exists when Facebook serves to maintain and enhance our social ties in real life. Modern life may increase the risk of some physical and mental health problems, but

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10689059/
As a result of the dramatic increase in stress in modern societies, the morbidity rates of mental disorders are currently likely to be higher. ... Figure 3a shows that the incidence of mental illness in both males (RR, 1.331; 95% CI, 1.314-1.348) and females (RR, 1.504; 95% CI, 1.486-1.522) increased sharply with age and peaked at the age

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/susceptibility-to-mental-illness-may-have-helped-humans-adapt-over-the-millennia/
This article was originally published with the title " Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt over the Millennia " in SA Mind Vol. 30 No. 3 (May 2019) doi:10.1038

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/brainstorm/202101/how-the-stigma-of-mental-illness-has-evolved-over-time
Anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker explores the roots of stigma in his new book. Though progress has been made in recent years, mental illness remains highly stigmatized—the mentally ill are

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9098926/
Introduction. Mental illnesses are associated with a large global disease burden ().In 2016, more than one billion people were affected by mental or addictive disorders ().In terms of disability-adjusted life years, mental and addictive disorders account for 7% of the global disease burden in 2016 ().To identify patients, mental illness diagnoses often are made based on symptoms ().

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/symptoms-causes/syc-20374968
Mental illness symptoms can affect emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Examples of signs and symptoms include: Feeling sad or down. Confused thinking or reduced ability to concentrate. Excessive fears or worries, or extreme feelings of guilt. Extreme mood changes of highs and lows. Withdrawal from friends and activities.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response
It is an integral component of health and well-being that underpins our individual and collective abilities to make decisions, build relationships and shape the world we live in. Mental health is a basic human right. And it is crucial to personal, community and socio-economic development. Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/the-real-problems-with-psychiatry/275371/
Wikimedia Commons. On May 22, the American Psychiatric Association will release the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5. It classifies psychiatric diagnoses and

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mental-illness/in-depth/mental-health/art-20046477
Stigma is when someone views you in a negative way because you have a distinguishing characteristic or personal trait that's thought to be, or actually is, a disadvantage (a negative stereotype). Unfortunately, negative attitudes and beliefs toward people who have a mental health condition are common. Stigma can lead to discrimination.

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/risks_to_mental_health_en_27_08_12.pdf?sfvrsn=44f5907d_10&download=true
Mental health or psychological well-being makes up an integral part of an individual's capacity to lead a fulfilling life, including the ability to form and maintain relationships, to study, work or pursue leisure interests, and to make day-to-day decisions about educational, employment, housing or other choices.

https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4305/rr-7
The dangers of over-medicalising mental health are more subtle, but arguably they are as important. These dangers may not operate so dramatically on the individual level, but they are likely to manifest as an insidious erosion of society's resilience and overall functioning. And this trend to dilute and diffuse the role of mental health will

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01074.x
The historical period in which these changes have occurred is commonly referred to as 'modernity', and although modernity has had profound repercussions on all aspects of people's lives, what has received less attention in the nursing literature is how modernity has influenced, and continues to influence, the mental health of modern men and

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17430451/
The historical period in which these changes have occurred is commonly referred to as 'modernity', and although modernity has had profound repercussions on all aspects of people's lives, what has received less attention in the nursing literature is how modernity has influenced, and continues to influence, the mental health of modern men and

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022638
Introduction. Mental health and mental illness have been contested concepts for decades, if not centuries. Scholars from medical and non-medical disciplines, such as psychiatry, psychology, biology, neurology, philosophy, sociology, and medical history have tried to answer questions about the essence of mental health, the cause of mental health problems, and how to classify or operationalize them.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/addressing-the-unprecedented-behavioral-health-challenges-facing-generation-z
In our sample, Gen Z respondents were more likely to report having been diagnosed with a behavioral-health condition (for example, mental or substance use disorder) than either Gen Xers or baby boomers. 4 Gen Z respondents were 1.4 to 2.3 times more likely to report that they had been diagnosed with a mental-health condition and 1.9 to 4.1 times more likely to be diagnosed with a substance-use

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01074.x
The historical period in which these changes have occurred is commonly referred to as 'modernity', and although modernity has had profound repercussions on all aspects of people's lives, what has received less attention in the nursing literature is how modernity has influenced, and continues to influence, the mental health of modern men and

https://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1322
Whatever the true burden of poor mental health in the UK and internationally, it is certainly considerable. And it is concentrated among poor and marginalised groups. While acknowledging important progress in modern treatments, we should remember the dangers of adopting a strict medical model.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10510974.2021.1953098
Thirty years of the most popular films emphasizing mental health were content analyzed for the purpose of obtaining a contemporary assessment of the stigmatizing potential of representation patterns, notably, extending beyond popularly established associations of mental illness with danger.

https://pphr.princeton.edu/2017/04/30/untreated-mental-illnesses-the-causes-and-effects/
Untreated mental illnesses are a growing concern in the United States. In the United States, about 43.8 billion adults have a mental illness - this is equal to 1 in 5 adults. And among these adults, 60% were left untreated in 2011, according to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Also, this source claimed that 40% of adults with

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-mental-health/202406/summers-shadow-of-teen-depression-and-suicide
Opening conversations on mental health and suicide will not give them "ideas" but may serve as a lifeline. Each year, the Midwest summer sun rescues my community from the darkness of winter. It's

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818431/
He attempts to place within realistic parameters the quest for biomarkers for psychiatric disorders, contending that they would only provide some of the data that clinicians require, recognising that psychosocial factors in mental illness are likely to retain major importance: 'I would say [biomarkers] are potentially highly useful but

https://academic.oup.com/california-scholarship-online/book/19240/chapter/177733962
With roots in the later nineteenth century, these interactive processes truly took off in the 1910s. They materialized into three focal points, which I have called "The Dangers of Modernity," "Biopower," and "The Self-Reliant Personality." All three centered on managing physical, mental, and so-called moral health.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/23/surgeon-general-issues-new-advisory-about-effects-social-media-use-has-youth-mental-health.html
Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General's Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. While social media may offer some benefits, there are ample indicators that social media can also pose a risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/health-conditions/mental-health
Sharing Isn't Always Caring: The Risks and Dangers of 'Sharenting' Posting intimate details of your child's life on social media, like their birth date and school name, can have serious

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/common-comorbidities-substance-use-disorders/part-1-connection-between-substance-use-disorders-mental-illness
Many individuals who develop substance use disorders (SUD) are also diagnosed with mental disorders, and vice versa.2,3 Although there are fewer studies on comorbidity among youth, research suggests that adolescents with substance use disorders also have high rates of co-occurring mental illness; over 60 percent of adolescents in community-based substance use disorder treatment programs also

https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000032
Substantial attention has been paid to the language of mental ill health, but the generic terms used to refer to it-"mental illness", "psychiatric condition", "mental health problem" and so forth-have largely escaped empirical scrutiny. We examined changes in the prevalence of alternative terms in two large English language text corpora from 1940 to 2019. Twenty-four terms were

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-9752.12639
Schools have become a prominent site of concern and focus for this discourse as mental health problems are said to start early in life; thus, targeting intervention at people in their early years and greater mental health awareness amongst staff and pupils are perceived as important mental disorder prevention strategies.

https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html
Many family, community, and healthcare factors are related to children's mental health. Among children aged 2-8 years, boys were more likely than girls to have a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder. 5 Among children living below 100% of the federal poverty level, more than 1 in 5 (22%) had a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder. 5