kevd, it's not that third world countries have less SP and depression suffering people, it's that they aren't informed as western country are.
For ex, I live in a 3rd world country, an eastern europe one, and some pshyatrist haven't even HEARD about social phobia :evil: And of course, there isn't even a SINGLE book, in any language, about this disorder.
It's not that we have enough problems that we don't have time to think about this problem, it's LACK OF INFORMATION.
As I read hundreds of articles and can recognize a sufferer quickly, I can tell you that they are the same procent here too, and they suffer at the same intensity, but they don't know that it has a name.
And to make a statistic, here they are from my school (including me), phobic and SA-ers:
1-4 grade: too young to remember
junior high: 3 out of 25
high school: 2 out of 23
college: 5 out of 70
So that means 2%-7%, like the book sais. :wink: