Is clinical depression a first world problem?

Clinical depression is not a first world problem because first world problems don’t exist. The term “first world problem” is stellar example of the fallacy of relative privation— a logical fallacy in which someone argues that problem X is not as important as problem Y, ergo problem X can be ignored. read more

The real problem with “First World problems”: Rates of depression and anxiety have skyrocketed in developed nations, especially in the U.S., over the course of the past few decades. This has occurred in tandem with very specific trends in our broader culture. read more