Depression in Teenagers: Experts Say to Screen All

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When couples are fighting, they also are unable to support each other as parents. Parents who work well together give each other feedback about their parenting. Often one parent understands some aspect of the child's behavior that the other does not. When one parent is being unreasonable or has overly high expectations for the child, the other parent can point this out. Happy married couples reach a consensus about their children and how best to parent them. When parents are fighting, feedback usually is taken as criticism. The child can become another topic to fight about or another example of the different ways in which the partners see the world. http://www.newportpsychotherapy.com/psychology_topics/effects_distressed_relationships_families.html

newport of DE 2:52AM August 17, 2011

PLEASE GOOGLE "TRUTH ABOUT PSYCHIATRY". THIS SCREENING NOT REALLY HELP. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC DATA BEHIND ANY SUPPOSED MENTAL ILLNESS? DISEASES THAT ARE DIAGNOSED BY ASKING ONLY QUESTIONS. NO BLOOD TESTS OR ANY OTHER NORMAL DIAGNOSTIC METHODS. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE MADE BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES OFF THIS. NOTE NO MENTION OF THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEEN HARMED BY PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS?LOTS OF DATA ON THE NUMBER OF PSYCHIATRISTS THAT WRITE PAPERS SUPPORTING CERTAIN MEDS AND THEN ARE FOUND TO BE ON THE PAYROLL OF THE BIG PHARMA!!! PLEASE LOOK TO ALTERNATIVES TO PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS. THE BLACK BOX LABEL WARNING OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND A SLEW OF OTHER WARNINGS SHOULD BE ENOUGH. RESEARCH HOW MANY OF THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH SHOOTINGS AT SCHOOLS WERE ON PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION.

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lemyaskin of MS 9:49PM September 22, 2009

GO TO CCHR.COM DO NOT BELIEVE THE LIES THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MENTAL ILLNESS

the truth of FL 6:10AM April 10, 2009

Distress has been around since "way before the pharmaceutical companies were making money from selling remedies", but the mental illnesses that psychologists have devised to explain the distress are relatively recent inventions. It's anachronistic to look at (for example) a historical case of demon possession and say, "that was really schizophrenia" because modern psychiatry would explain it as such. At the time, the experts were quite certain it was demon possession, and that their cures would help, and the sufferers too were quite ready to understand their distress as demonic. Today, our experts are quite certain it's "schizophrenia", and that their drugs will help, and sufferers are quite ready to interpret their distress as a neurochemical problem. One day there will be different stories, of course: only the most naive and arrogant scientist would imagine that today's explanations will still carry the same weight in a hundred or two hundred years.
What matters is that some priests explained people's suffering in terms of supernatural problems that could only be cured by their expert knowledge of God, and some psychiatrists explain people's suffering in terms of brain problems that can only be cured by their expert knowledge of neurochemistry. In either case the experts are the winners. It is maybe too strong to call all this "lies" because the experts really believe in the truth and value of what they're doing, but I can sympathise with Sarah's outrage. There are plenty of other ways of interpreting unhappiness, confusion, etc: it does not have to be "offensive to those suffering from mental illnesses" to make these alternate explanations available. If we swallow the One True Scientific Explanation uncritically we will all wind up paying the pharmaceutical industry to keep our brains "healthy", just like people who swallowed the One True Religious Explanation paid the church to keep their souls "holy". Sometimes we need to ask bigger questions than "has little Johnny thought about killing himself lately". Questions like, "what kind of world is little Johnny growing up in?"

Simon 1:55AM April 10, 2009

Sarah Glen of RI
The mental health industry is not based on lies. Mental illnesses have been around way before the pharmaceutical companies were making money from selling remedies. Do you think people suffering from schizophrenia are "lying" about their condition? Do you think people suffering from depression want to be in their state? The answer is no. I do believe that SSRIs and other psychoactive drugs need to be prescribed with more caution. However, Sarah, saying that the mental health field is based on lies is offensive to those suffering from mental illnesses.

Denise of NY 1:01PM April 09, 2009

This is ridiculous. The whole mental health field is based on lies and then it is kept alive by lies while destroying and killing so many people and families. This is a big business and should be recognized as hypocritical, fraud and abuse.

sarah glen of RI 2:45PM April 08, 2009

Hello,
This is the article's author. If anyone would would like more information about the Columbia University program mentioned, it's called TeenScreen. TeenScreen offers voluntary mental health screening for teenagers and teams up with schools, mental health organizations, and primary care providers to help flag kids at risk for mental illness and connect them with help.
Thanks.

Lindsay Lyon of DC 12:19PM April 08, 2009