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[rocktivity]

...(T)he warning signs for depression are remarkably similar to the warning signs of being a fucking teenager...

Posted on DU by rocktivity FIVE AND HALF YEARS AGO when a similar program was rejected by a Florida school system:

The screening program asks a variety of questions about mental well-being. Examples include: "In the last year, has there been a time when nothing was fun for you and you just weren't interested in anything?" and "Has there been a time when you couldn't think as clearly or as fast as usual?"

EVERYONE has such feelings at one time or another--I'd tend to think you were mentally ill if you DIDN'T. But it doesn't mean you're mentally ill and need medication. It's called life, and the cure is dealing with your problems, aka maturing. The teen years are volatile precisely because the physical and emotional maturing process is beginning. Some teens are more vulnerable than others because they feel things more intensely. But what they should get is adult mentoring and guidance, not "state-of-the-art treatments" and "specific medications."

It really does sound like a boondoggle for patient-hungry pharmaceutical companies.

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rocktivity