[softsound]

I think basically there are three camps - those with problems they can't solve easily (trauma, situation) general unhappiness

- Those with biological issues, not getting enough sleep or bad nutrition etc

And the combo of those above which becomes much harder to solve and understand since both feed into each other. People might say x or y helped but it could be anywhere in this spectrum.

[nextaccountic]

There's also problems that society as a whole could address but choose not to, such as systemic poverty, which can lead do elevated mental illness of various kinds

[curtisblaine]

How would you address systemic poverty?

[nextaccountic]

If this were a top priority for the whole society?

Well this one is easy: UBI. My own country has a good experience with income transfer (Brazil, Bolsa Família) even it being so little money.

[curtisblaine]

Wouldn't UBI alone - I mean full UBI, the one where you get basic income in addition to any other income - just cause the market to work around it, ie rent now costs $normal_rent + UBI, mortgage rates now take into account the UBI base etc? Normally, when I hear "just UBI", if I dig a bit, it means "just UBI plus a huge list of radical social reforms that would change drastically the face of economy".