Should Facilitated Research be used to Prevent Teen Suicide/Depression

I accept. CON argues, "By making the issue of teen suicide evident to the public, it allows teens to be pressured to "get better" by their peers and family. When the issue is expressed to the World then teens feel trapped and surrounded, being watched by everyone thinking they are going to kill themselves and bystanders think they can help by watching. While this may not be the case for most issues it is on teen suicide. "There are several notable problems with this assertion. First of all, what's the value or the optimal moral system within which CON is arguing? It cannot possibly be saving teen lives, because his side of this debate requires that he take a position whereby he's effectively indifferent to saving teen lives--he's presented with a possibility to save their lives, but flat-out rejects that. Is it making their lives, while they still live, as comfortable as possible? He seems to be arguing for that, but he nevertheless misses the mark entirely because his plan allows teenagers to suffer through their depression and close themselves off to the outside world, in spite of the fact that there is a solution--doing something to help them, whether that's advocating therapy which would also "making the issue of teen suicide evident to the public" or research to better address this very salient issue. The fact of the matter is, by even making this debate, CON is making the issue of teen suicide evident to the public. It's *already* evident to the public. What he wants to do is shove the problem under the rug and pretend that it doesn't exist in lieu of tackling it head-on with the intention of actually addressing it and rectifying it. Further, because the issue is already evident to the public, CON's contention already falls apart. But, even if it weren't, what does he hope to accomplish by concealing the truth? He claims this will cause teens to feel trapped and surrounded by people who want to help them. First, even if I buy that they will feel trapped--and I don't--they'll feel more trapped in CON's world where no one is willing or aware of a very deep-rooted problem with requires psychiatric help. Second, he assumes that whatever help is offered will necessarily "trap" those teenagers and lead to a deluge of people surrounding them. Medical issues are necessarily confidential, so this isn't even the case. Further, research into this matter could even find the best, most effective, and most efficient ways to actually not only help these teenagers, but also as to how best to interact with them whilst they are still going through Depression. With that, CON's arguments fall apart. Therefore, you're voting PRO. I will however, offer a contention. C1) Saving LivesThis is the strongest impact in the debate. First, Depression is extremely prevalent not only in the US, but in children: "A number of epidemiological studies have reported that up to 2.5 percent of children and up to 8.3 percent of adolescents in the U. S. suffer from depression. An NIMH-sponsored study of 9- to 17-year-olds estimates that the prevalence of any depression is more than 6 percent in a 6-month period, with 4.9 percent having major depression. In addition, research indicates that depression onset is occurring earlier in life today than in past decades. A recently published longitudinal prospective study found that early-onset depression often persists, recurs, and continues into adulthood, and indicates that depression in youth may also predict more severe illness in adult life. Depression in young people often co-occurs with other mental disorders, most commonly anxiety, disruptive behavior, or substance abuse disorders, and with physical illnesses, such as diabetes. " [. http://www.about-teen-depression.com...]Under my system, we address the problem early, save lives, develop strategies to prevent Depression in later generations, and prevent problems from getting worst. You cannot possibly hope to solve a problem of this magnitude--or any problem--by pretending that it doesn't exist.