You don't have to seek out a specialist to get it. There is a general idea that if you are sick enough to be incapacitated, you should be in an institution. If you have serious mental problems, you will be committed somewhere. Maybe what the French had a hard time understanding was someone who treated mental disorders on an outpatient basis. French men get rid of their aggression by driving fast and pissing on trees.
Families are stronger, so people get more support there.
The French relax by eating. There is less substance abuse here. A family would feel somewhat ashamed or disgraced is if a member required psychiatric care. Back to life in France. It was mainly documentary, compiled almost entirely from taped interviews.