FAKE NEWS INVOLVING CHILD MENTAL HEALTH

1. “Sadness in children is the same as in adults.”

2. “The so-called “good” legal guardians, they are always able to detect suggestive traits of depression in children.”

3. “The chronic sadness will go away on its own.”

4. “Talking about sadness with children can make the situation worse.”

5. “Children do not commit suicide.”

6. “There are no validated treatments to treat childhood depression.”

7. “Depressed children always lead normal lives.”

8. “Depression has no cure.”

9. “Being depressed and being sad are the same things.”

10. “A depressed child is an excuse not to say that he is lazy or weak.”

11. “Only female individuals can be affected by depression.”

12. “Only mental health professionals can detect suggestive traits of depression in children.”

13. “Children with traits suggestive of depression are always quiet and isolated.”

14. “The family does not have the power to influence the treatment of depression in children.”

15. “The educators and the school are not important in helping to detect traits suggestive of depression in students; it is only the family that can identify.”