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Katherine Dee's avatar

What kind of data is available for 2005-2006 range? That was the first depression / suicidality moral panic re: the Internet that I remember. That may have been a total media invention though.

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Here's an observational take. I've taught at the same high school for the past twenty years. The student population is largely upper middle class, and well insured. The onset of the ACA had little to no impact on my students. The trend I first noticed, back in 2016 or so, was an increase in students missing school for anxiety. I still remember the first student I had who had missed multiple days of school. When I asked her what was wrong, she explained she was too anxious to come to school. This was unusual. In the past when students had missed school for illness, they'd come back the next day still with a runny nose or on crutches. Now this is a regular occurrence. I regularly hear from students, mostly girls, that their panic attacks and depression are what are keeping them home. Some of these students have missed over 50% of my class this year. It's dire.

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