Why is there a low incidence of mood disorders in the East?

The biggest difference between western society and eastern cultures is that mental disorders are accepted as a bona fide illness by the former; whereas in many oriental cultures, mood disorders are not accepted even among physicians.  There tends to be a belief that these people are malingering or faking an illness. Psychiatry is not even well practiced in many parts of the world. The taboo associated with mental disorders has left many orientals suffering in silence. In many other cultures, superstition and religious beliefs override all mental illness. If you act crazy in some countries, rather than give you Prozac you are regarded as holy and even worshipped.