Psychology

[the_great_elk]

calyupsos posted a video that is awesome. Awesome. AWESOME.

But anyway. What I intended to post this morning (not that any of you care now that you've been directed to sex) was this:

Asian American Teenage Girls Have Highest Rates of Depression

The report highlights statistics from the U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services (HHS) Office of

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[the_rotten1]

Admittedly, the therapy style here in the US can be pretty invasive, depending on who you're getting it from. I'm not entirely comfortable with it myself. But, for someone like me, it's necessary. Not only because of my sexuality and gender identity, but also as a student in psychology. I need to be able to open up and address my own issues before I can ever think of becoming a counselor myself

[the_great_elk]

I definitely think that education is important... it's easy to tell students what the signs of depression are, and to look for it in each other and tell a teacher, but even then, it's so hard for students to either willingly talk about it to each other, or even to know they're not "looking to things too much." I doubt that anyone wants to take time away from people who "really need" help, but it's so difficult to get people to recognize the signs or even know what to say.

I'm certain that rich students/school districts suffer from similar problems, even if they are not the exact same psychological issues amongst their students. I imagine that it's also related to wealth - I've heard that wealthier families never wanted the illusion of their family having problems (even though everyone in my school knew when those kids were having problems) and poor people, quite frankly, can't always afford the cost of mental health.

[the_rotten1]

Wealthy families aren't the only ones who want their families to look perfect. Though, in my family's case it was more religion-related.

I'm not sure what sort of person would have both the resources and the knowledge necessary to actually utilize therapeutic services then, since it seems like a pretty widely spread problem. And even if people do realize that they need help, you still have to have some measure of confidence to ask for it in the first place.

[the_great_elk]

So apparently this was from back when LJ wasn't delivering my notifs. Thanks, LJ.

It's really insane to think about how much we know but how much we don't know, and then trying to bridge the gap. I still have no idea how I can help people without being a professional - how can I tell when my friends need help, how can I get them to seek help, those kinds of things.