Courtney, a 15-year-old from Portland, Oregon, always knew shewas different from the other kids. "I had a sense that somethingwas going on, but I was afraid to say anything because I didn'tknow anyone else had a similar problem," she said. Like thousandsof U.S. teens, Courtney participated in a mental health screeningprogram that was offered in her school. "Teenagers have a hardtime asking for help," she explained. "Without the screening,I'm not sure how I would have gotten the help I needed."
Before screening, Courtney was part of a silent epidemic ofmental illness among . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Dr. Friedman is a professor of clinical psychiatry and the director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
An interview with Cynthia Montgomery, whose son took his life at the age of 14, can be heard at www.nejm.org.
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