Oct 29, 2017, Batesville (IN) Herald Tribune: Depression signs in kids should raise red flags http://www.batesvilleheraldtribune.com/news/local_news/depression-signs-in-kids-should-raise-red-flags/article_79aad0c1-2e9a-54bc-b167-c629db03fc34.html "One in five kids between the ages of 8-15 have a mental health diagnosis," reported licensed clinical social worker Laura Harmon recently. Amazingly, "70 percent of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age. It goes on for awhile before it gets diagnosed and treated." The Community Mental Health Center North Outpatient Services, Batesville, program manager was speaking to two dozen youth workers about "Child and Adolescent Depression and Anxiety" during a breakfast presentation sponsored by the Indiana Youth Institute Oct. 5 at Brookville United Methodist Church.... One in five teens in the U.S. seriously consider suicide annually and in 2003, 8 percent of adolescents attempted it. "Often they will talk more about this to their peers than adults." She noted, "The vast majority of people who have attempted suicide and not been successful will report they were glad they were not successful."

Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.