What's causing the mental health crisis among young people of the 2010s-2020s?

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2030

80%

Social Media

76%

Increased awareness/willingness to diagnose

67%

Phones

62%

Mass Psychogenic Illness

59%

Some form of intentional psychological manipulation (algorithmic manipulation, intentional group polarization, psychological warfare, etc.)

57%

There actually is no mental health crisis, it just looks like there is one due to e.g. biased reporting

57%

The postmodern condition becoming more widespread

51%

Hearing about bad things going on (like Climate Change)

48%

REM defficient sleep

34%

Psychoactive drugs (prescribed or recreational)

30%

Socioeconomic hardships

28%

Urbanicity

21%

Microplastics

12%

Nanoplastics

Some sort of ingested/inhaled contaminant

cocaine dust particles passive intake

1.7%

COVID vaccine side effect

Resolves according to what whatever source I consider most trustworthy on the subject (probably the APA, CDC, or Scott Alexander) lists as the causes on Jan 1, 2030.

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In 2030, what will consensus say is the primary cause of the increase in gender dysphoria over the past few decades?

Will a reputable report estimate that 25% or more of US adolescents suffer from depression by 2027?

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@Dvorakgigachad guys its this one, obviously

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@Arcmage7000 to big to be internalized by GI tract and exert such consequences, try nanoparticles or nanoplastic, i would bet on that one

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@MatthewKhoriaty Do you have a source or two describing the crisis? I'd like to learn more about the origin for this market.

I just heard the US Surgeon General is calling it an emergency, so I'm covered.

Hey, if this one is true it's pretty bad, but at least we'll have discovered time travel!

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Yup, this is much of the story:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2818735

Then it doesn't help that parents indulge in their children's BS instead of giving them a good smack on the head

@AlQuinn your parents did and look how you turned out!

Will you resolve to only one or can it be multiple?

@CelebratedWhale It can be multiple.

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Will a reputable report estimate that 25% or more of US adolescents suffer from depression by 2027?

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