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What about the awareness of what self-harm/depression is in the first place? It's easier to say you're depressed if you understand what depression is, and it's
by paulmist 3y ago
What about the awareness of what self-harm/depression is in the first place? It's easier to say you're depressed if you understand what depression is, and it's easy enough to Google that. Same with self-harm, I wouldn't ask my classmate but I could easily Google it. Similarly, mental health campaigns could contribute, accelerating how fast kids learn about bad mental health. We could've had the same percentage of depressed young people, they just wouldn't know how to express it/act on it.
- ender341341 3y agoI think that better diagnosis does account for some of the diagnosis count (like many mental health issues the solution used to just be "if you can't figure out how to act normal on your own you're going to a home/asylum, we may smack you around a bit first to see if we can get the message through to you"). But talking with any educators for that age group it's not just that the number of people diagnosed as depressed/anxiety but the level of depression/anxiety in the individuals diagnosed escalating that alarms them the most.