Even though the SDSU study determined that teen suicide rates have decreased, Twenge acknowledged that the increase in reports of depression symptoms among Americans should worry the mental health community. She concluded the study by affirming that tackling clinical depression among Americans will require much more than antidepressants.
While depression treatment has evolved in recent years with the advent of the collaborative care model — a family-friendly strategy that integrates specialized mental health care services with primary care — medical professionals express difficulty in compelling the clinically depressed to seek treatment, partly because stigma still exists around depression and other mental ailments. That’s why the medical industry has been exploring new tools to help people assess their mental health in a comfortable setting, like a mental health screening kiosk in grocery stores that can determine one’s mental state and refers to them to services.
Article Appeared @http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/10/02/3575170/depression-rising-americans/