Comments on: Teen Suicide Rate "Very Disturbing"

Experts Say There Is A Connection Between A Reduction In The Use Of Antidepressants And Suicide

[loyalto1]

I grew up in the 1970''s life was more fun and free.
I could walk the streets without fear. Nowdays danger is everywhere and that takes away your freedom and happiness. the 1970''s we listened to love songs and todays music is violence lyrics. Todays world is being molded by Rap and Violent movies and don''t forget the followers who won''t turn their backs on this trend!

[drinuk]

Cont. Taking all things into consideration, people like Fassler are no better or worse than the guy who peddles Crack on the street corner. We should as a nation be weaning our youth of every type of drug and chemical, not encouraging them to take more. 99% of ''em need a detox never mind filling them up with "Have a Nice Day Pills"

[drinuk]

For this idiot to state that kids are committing suicide because they are NOT taking antidepressants is downright wicked and he is obviously yet another member of the medical profession working for Big Pharma.

It is likely to be another prescribed drug thay are taking which is causing the problem in the first place, that or junk like Aspartame. Before pushing Big Pharma poisons to our kids maybe Fassler should do a little research into the real causes and not be so quick to peddle antidepressant junk.

[goosfraba2]

Posted by aspenkiss at 08:13 PM : Sep 02, 2008: "... keep taking your meds, Goyim."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Goyim

[memerider]

noseonurface, I agree with that it''s "spiritual," and I don''t think spirit has anything to do with "religion." I think it stands on its own, and is as available to atheists as it is to the faithful. There is something about what we call "spirit" that is universal, timeless, and not about dogma, indoctrination, or the supernatural. It is something natural, available to everyone.

[memerider]

Providence-7, I just don''t think religion is the answer to this one. Religion is a source of comfort and guidance for many, but it''s time for something more, that draws on modern science as well. We have learned a great deal about how what we think shapes our action, and it''s time to start focusing on how thought itself creates attitudes and decisions. Of course, these can be used inside or outside a religious environment.

I think it''s time to stop drugging our citizens to make them docile and malleable and step into uncharted waters that promise great return on such investments.

[memerider]

adt14, I''m with you on the DSM, friend. It''s full of descriptive categorizations based on votes by the mental health elite. Some of it is quite useful and based on science, but much may reflect potential bias, arbitrariness, and capriciousness.

[wineberry]

Keeping kids on antidepressants alone and their head in a fog, making them think the world is peachy-keen and everything''s wonderful is not the answer. If only there was still such a thing as family togetherness, less peer pressure, more acceptance/tolerance, less bullying, more hope for a career and financial freedom, then perhaps teens would not see suicide as a way out. In its present state this world is in it''s a scary place where love, respect and affection have gone out the window. Young people look at this world and say "what kind of world is this, I don''t want to live here".

[memerider]

I think anyone who is young and impressionable, and who sees the state the world is in, is grappling with issues they may not be able to mentally process themselves. Kids of the 1960s were similar--with all the assassinations, recognition of the lack of human rights afforded blacks and women, the never-declared Vietnam war, etc. They also started increasing use of drugs, and suicide was up.

People need to deal with the cognitive dissonance of cultural ethics, on the one hand, and Reality as it exists on the other. Drugs don''t fix this. Drugs just prevent one''s obsessive thoughts and/or artificially elevate mood temporarily.

It''s time to stop pushing drugs and start addressing the issues without the moralizing or indictments for not just dealing with it.

[lovesamerica]

how about the fact that most parents are divorced,grandparents are either trying to stay young and are out playing, or they need to work. How about lack of morals,the gay issues,drugs,too many toys,lack of responsibility,wacked ''idols'', parental worries about money,their own financial prediciments, lack of healthy family togetherness...and the list goes on...I myself have issues and I know they would have been even worse had I been growing up now.

[kurlikew]

Teens should NOT be using anti-depressants, so if the rate has declined, that''s a good thing. The answer is not in a pill. It does not address the underlying issues.

[dmhphils]

Teenage, or any other kind of suicide, is a "spiritual" issue, not a brain disorder, and pumping drugs into the veins of teens is the worse thing that can happen.

But, nobody ever wants to recognize the spiritual realm of life, so go ahead and prescribe the pills.

[sistatee-2009]

Lower the drinking age to 10, and legalize drugs. Then we won''t have all these depressed kids running around, they''ll be stoned instead.

[aspenkiss]

2/3 of the school shooters are on antidepressants and these pricks want more kids on them? It''s the constant barrage of "white guilt" that is making so many of them feel hopeless. New World Order wants zombies who are easily controlled, keep taking your meds, Goyim.

[gce65]

It also correlates with the height of the Bush administration and a very aggressive, militaristic stance towards the rest of the world.

Perhaps teens are less optimistic about the American dream or their opportunities.

[hypnotoad72]

So it''s not because they see the current economic conditions (macro and micro) and lack faith?

Don''t worry, I doubt that too. It probably DOES have more to do with taking too many drugs, but I doubt they''re all antidepressants...

Glad I didn''t do drugs as a kid. But then I was a nerd, geek, brainiac, et al... we''re not cool. :P

[lovegetpeace]

A typical American''s teenage life is boring and sick without traditions. Teenages only escape is to take more narcotic drugs for the ''high'' and excitements. South America drug cartels are happy about this statistic.