The kids are not okay.
In the time since the beginning of the pandemic, when the world shut down with very little justification, young people have been suffering the consequences.
And now we know that the rates of depression and prescribed antidepressants have skyrocketed.
Antidepressant prescribing to youths rose 63.5% during the pandemic, with adolescent girls accounting for some of the sharpest increases, according to new research in Pediatrics...
The monthly antidepressant dispensing rate for females ages 12-17 surged 129.6% from March 2020 onward compared with beforehand, the University of Michigan-led study concluded.
63.5% increase for ALL youth and 129.6% for girls 12-17!
And you've got jokers like the shrieking harpies at The View who still think shutting down all schools was completely justified.
This was February 26, 2024:
Women aged 18-25 also saw a sharp uptick of 56.5%.
The lockdowns were the worst thing to happen in terms of mental health in the history of the US.
The Axios takeaway is, of course, that people need more health insurance and more antidepressants because, obviously, the drugs have totally fixed everything so we probably just need to make them more easily accessible.
That "solution" isn't working. Young people, especially young women, need hope right now, and they aren't going to get it from the media and Big Pharma.
Time to roll up those sleeves, Christians, and give the reason for the hope you have.
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