The teen mental illness epidemic began around 2012
Another possible explanation is that we <i>are</i> simply diagnosing these kind of mental health issues better – due to decrease in stigmatization and&#x2F;or more attention to it – but that our treatment is worse than doing nothing, and is leading to higher rates of self-harm and suicide.<p>I have no idea if that&#x27;s the case – and if it is a factor at all it probably doesn&#x27;t account for all of it – but it seems something worth exploring. Certainly in my own teen years I benefited more from the occasional swift kick in the backside and being told to &quot;man up&quot; than treatment with school counsellors and such. Not that counsellors are bad, but sometimes you can take things &quot;too serious&quot; which can make matters worse, in spite of being well-intentioned.