#predepression

@aurianneor.bsky.social

6 months ago

The number of pathologies affecting children has risen from 50 to 500. There are more and more children per class, fewer and fewer supervisors, fewer and fewer school nurses, school psychologists and social workers. Epidemiological studies show that children have different diagnoses depending on their social background. File dans ta chambre – Caroline Goldman File dans ta chambre - Caroline Goldman In low-income families, children will be categorized into neurotic personality types: type A person with a tidy life, B person who doesn’t tidy up a bit dreamy or C, etc. This has no scientific basis. Modest families don’t go to the specialists, and fall back on worthless personality tests on social networks, in magazines or in community centers. These tests were invented in the 70s as recruitment tests, and the fashion has stuck. Laid back, unreliable, free-spirited: the ‘type B’ personality is having a moment – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/aug/15/type-b-personality-trend-tiktok In middle-class families, children will be categorized according to pathologies: mild Asperger’s, pre-depression, student burn-out, etc. These families have access to both contracted and non-contracted doctors. They give priority to reimbursed professionals. These professionals generally prescribe SSRI-class drugs (antidepressants), and the diagnosis is in the group of anxiety disorders. In high-income families, we find behavioral disorders that may or may not be associated with high intellectual potential: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They have access to non-reimbursed professionals such as psychologists. These diagnostic differences have given rise to dubious analyses of social determinism: children from affluent backgrounds are said to be more intelligent, while children from disadvantaged backgrounds have perverse, child-tyrant or neurotic personalities. There are even age differences. Parents are only asked to consult because their chil…

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