Persuasive Essay On Depression And Suicide
Although some may say that the government is already too involved in the treatment of mental health, in order to lower rates of depression and suicide further, in adolescents, the government must stay involved and in some cases do more, including, increase the availability of treatment, ameliorate research and the use of contemporary technologies as well as improve mental health care in schools. "At least 90 percent of people who commit suicide have a diagnosable and potentially treatable mental illness." Suicide can be prevented; nevertheless, 58.8 percent of teens who qualify as having a depressive episode to not seek treatment. Scientists claim that with a questionnaire and biomarkers in the blood they can predict suicidal tendencies 92
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While there is screening in schools for physical diseases and disorders, many of the same schools’ refuse screening for simple mental disorders. According to many people screening can be beneficial. If teens can receive treatment, a federal advisory group claims, doctors should screen them for depression and other mental ailments. According to a psychologist at the University of Washington in Seattle screening kids in the second grade for depression can be very beneficial in the future. The government is currently not keeping track of school mental health screening. However, they could implement simple national screening programs. They also should keep track of them, simply to regulate it. It would be bad indeed for these screening programs to be misused or have an error in a diagnosis. Screening is also very useful as currently there is no alternative for identifying depressed students. This can help schools help at risk students receive help. Some may say that screening may prevent mental health treatments from dealing with the underlying issues that are causing the depression. However, simply raising a red flag should help the adolescent. At least those around the child will know what is going on and can monitor to make sure they don’t get any
While there is screening in schools for physical diseases and disorders, many of the same schools’ refuse screening for simple mental disorders. According to many people screening can be beneficial. If teens can receive treatment, a federal advisory group claims, doctors should screen them for depression and other mental ailments. According to a psychologist at the University of Washington in Seattle screening kids in the second grade for depression can be very beneficial in the future. The government is currently not keeping track of school mental health screening. However, they could implement simple national screening programs. They also should keep track of them, simply to regulate it. It would be bad indeed for these screening programs to be misused or have an error in a diagnosis. Screening is also very useful as currently there is no alternative for identifying depressed students. This can help schools help at risk students receive help. Some may say that screening may prevent mental health treatments from dealing with the underlying issues that are causing the depression. However, simply raising a red flag should help the adolescent. At least those around the child will know what is going on and can monitor to make sure they don’t get any