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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Kipax you are entitled to your opinion.......but it is a topic that should be discussed. If mental health problems are so prevalent, why do you think that is? Is it because diagnosis has got better?...or is it something environmental...or is it as I said because the young people concerned have too little to occupy themselves with......it is well accepted in treatment for depression that physical activity is better than many drugs in treating mild depression.
No slur was intended on people who do have genuine mental health problems...but sometimes Docotrs will label someone with a mental health problem that stick and follows them for the rest of their lives. I have personal experience of something like that and the person concerned was not depressed at all, it was a side effect of prescriptiom medication.
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I can agree with this aswell. With the NHS in shambles alot of doctors prescribe medication but cant give the counsilling to go alongside it so people are on medication for longer and its less effective.
However young people have plenty to do. What age group is this specificaly?
There are new laws to keep everyone under 18 in vocational or academic training/learning until they are 18, that way everyone has some sort of chance at qualifications. You can still go into full time work under 18 but your employer must give you training that leads to an official qualification or else they get fined.
It was due to go on trial when I read about that about a month ago.
I think definitions of mental illness has changed, especially in 70yrs. I think thats probably the main cause of the statistical change.