No, I'm asking if we are, by and large, more mentally healthy than a century ago.
Medication is physical and not psychological treatment.
Yes, but did you see the other comments I made?
Are people more mentally healthy now? Interesting question. I think the concept of "mental health" is a fairly recent one, and hard to compare.
I think of Olive Oatman. We had a thread on her here somewhere in the past and there's a character in "Hell On Wheels" loosely based on her. In case you don't remember it, she and here sister were kidnapped by Indians as a child, kept as slaves, the sister starved to death, and Olive was eventually rescued.
Apparently, she had a difficult time reintegrating into anglo society, but in those days I think people just sucked it up and others just thought them odd and there was not the idea that people could or should be fixed. In this day and age, she would have been thought of as troubled and in need of care.
Which do I prefer? Quite frankly, I prefer the stoic get-on-with-life approach, with a big but.
But, some people definitely need help and will benefit from it.