From the article: >Nearly 80% of chronic mental health conditions emerge in childhood "Normal adult" is relative. Just because a prior generation had to "wea

From the article: >Nearly 80% of chronic mental health conditions emerge in childhood "Normal adult" is relative. Just because a prior generation had to "weather through mental issues" doesn't mean the next one should too. I also don't know where you got the "doctors whose only solution is medication" idea from. You can click through to the survey linked in the article. Here is the high level summary: > In particular, CBT [Cognitive Behavioral Therapy] and exposure-based therapy continue to be the most well-established treatments for child and adolescent anxiety. These findings suggest that the class of interventions comprising CBT and exposure-based interventions are supported by a strong and diverse literature base and that clinicians selecting a first-line intervention for youth anxiety might search here first. Within the CBT and exposure-based interventions reviewed here, the treatment protocol that best meets a given client's presentation will likely be based upon multiple unique considerations such as youth and family characteristics, service setting, and treatment format. Nothing about medication in there.