... or other mental illnesses?
2007-07-11 22:46:29 · 3 answers · asked by How Big is Your Govt Check 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I have felt that depression and teen suicide are at an epidemic level in the USA for some time. Of course I haunt the mental health category of Yahoo! answers and am directly connected to the VA so am exposed to a lot of side effects of war. I would like to see some statistics on whether depression and teen suicide are on the rise.
Whether this is all due to 9/11 and the wars is a moot point. I am an old man, raised in the "swing era" when songs were all about love, and the popular music of the nation now is depressing to me. How much does protest music and rap effect mental health? That music has been around for a long time.
I am starring your question and will be watching the answers. Good health, peace and love!
2007-07-12 08:21:44 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it causes/aggravates depression in us as a nation. The reality is that we are in a dangerous war and we are being killed by the thousands and Iraqi civilians at the rate of about 600,000 so far with one in twelve being children under the age of five. We have been affected as a nation and as human beings while we lose young men and women and live under the threat of another terrorist attack. More antidepressants are being prescribed now than ever before and more people are seeking help through psychiatry and psychology.
2007-07-12 05:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by Raptor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are under estimating the effect. This whole thing is affecting the world.
2007-07-12 05:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by Magma H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋