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All the things he cites are lagging indicators. Self-harm and suicide typically follow long, long battles with mental health issues; they're not the first thing
by banannaise 4y ago
All the things he cites are lagging indicators. Self-harm and suicide typically follow long, long battles with mental health issues; they're not the first thing that happens, or even close. Diagnoses are also typically far from immediate; having depression and being diagnosed with depression are two very different things. (And without increased awareness, many people never get care and are never diagnosed.)
As such, the inflection point, if there is one, is likely much earlier than 2012.
- lostlogin 4y agoHow does that apply to children though? They haven’t got a lot of time that’s earlier as they would be too young. Additionally, a key part of a child’s behaviour is that it’s impulsive.
- banannaise 4y agoThe cohort before would have gone undiagnosed. Time works the same way whether you're looking at tranches or a rolling window of the population.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoThe 15+ bucket has the largest increase in this study, so they could have certainly been having issues for at least 5 years.