The overriding reason for the surge in serious problems on campus is that college is the age of depression. Depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and other serious mental conditions first rear their head in late adolescence.

Also, colleges are harvesting the first crop of kids who grew up on Prozac and other new-wave antidepressants. The drugs provided emotional energy that allowed cognitive abilities to prevail.

via www.psychologytoday.com

What do you think? Why do kids and adolescents seem to be so much more depressed today? Is it the prozac? The war? Disenfranchisment?

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