The 'mental health issue' is a symptom, not a cause. Personally, I believe the cause is public schools. Boomers and Gen Xers didn't have to do standardized te

The 'mental health issue' is a symptom, not a cause. Personally, I believe the cause is public schools. Boomers and Gen Xers didn't have to do standardized testing, they had meaningful break periods between classes, could leave school for lunch or just hang out outdoors. Not everyone was pushed into excelling for some college track type education. Now, you have someone that's had a lifetime of anxiety because they couldn't perform academically (which will get you shunned by your peers) with little to no prospects in life. Add in social media where these people can see their peers going to tropical islands, college parties, just living a nice life they'll never attain, and you've tipped the scales into driving someone mad. So, if you want to solve the 'mental health' problems, you need to fix what's causing them. We're human beings, not robots. We don't need to be locked in classrooms and have performance measured 8+ hours per day for our entire childhoods.