Translation: they want to screen your kid.
The case for a new social problem to be called preschool depression is so strong, there was only one real wrinkle in Ludy's longitudinal study of 304 preschoolers, funded by our tax dollars at the National Institute of Mental Health.
Instead of having "anxiety disorders" usually associated other MDD sufferers, the three and four-year-olds had "disruptive disorders." Possibly Play-Doh problems.
Undaunted, Luby says the preschoolers need to be screened for impending mental illness because their disruptive behavior "might be associated with social impairment and peer rejection that lead to later MDD."
Of course cynics will point out that drinking milk also predicts MDD and that disruptive behavior is the definition of a preschooler, making terms like preschool "social impairment and peer rejection" laughable academic babble.
But more concerning is what, exactly, is the "treatment" and "intervention" for the at-risk preschooler who might develop depression? And why the hurry?
Is it treatment with Janssen and AstraZenca antipsychotic drugs in which case the MDD is really a Risperdal or Seroquel deficiency?
Like Rebecca Riley given Seroquel at two and dead at four?
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