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Some things to keep in mind: (1) A 'youth mental health crisis' may or may not actually exist. Consider the 'chronic pain crisis' marketing that preceded the
by photochemsyn 2y ago
Some things to keep in mind:
(1) A 'youth mental health crisis' may or may not actually exist. Consider the 'chronic pain crisis' marketing that preceded the opiate epidemic in the USA, and the concomittant boom in opiate drug prescriptions, sales and profits. Similarly the 'attention deficit crisis' was very profitable for the makers of amphetamines and their derivatives, from Ritalin to Adderall to Desoxyn. Here's CDC on opiate prescriptions in the USA, 2006-2015:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6626a4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6626a4.htm
(2) A 'youth mental health crisis' may actually be a 'youth are looking at the dystopian world besest by war and climate chaos and not feeling good about their future prospects' - which means their mental health is probably fine and their views are entirely rational. See the famous "this koala is having a mental crisis' cartoon:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lostgeneration/comments/avf6kh/this_young_koala_has_a_mental_health_problem/ https://www.reddit.com/r/lostgeneration/comments/avf6kh/this...