There are so many things we could do to make childhood better. We see adolescents who are depressed. We see the symptoms but we want to get to them before there are any symptoms. But successful professional women have very low rates of depression. Poverty stricken mothers with pre-school children have high rates of depression.
Depressed mothers cause depression in their children.
Those adolescents with low self-esteem are at a higher risk level. People under stress are at high risk. Yes, corporations that move their operations to Mexico or Indonesia and throw 10,000 people out of work, this is a major cause of depression. For a long time, we thought of mental illnesses as being biologically based only, with treatment and medication as our primary objective. We have been reactive and treating rather than proactive and preventing in this area.