Not to get into the historic details but growing up there was lot of tension in my parent's house. When you're a kid you feel these things and are aware of the issues that cause them, but you haven't yet learned how to talk about them or the right words to describe the truth of them. Instead you internalize them.

The lack of learning constructive perspectives and ways for discussing emotions while young, may very much be a source of depression, the same way people say "he can't help it, he has ADHD".

I was about 16 and the doctor recommended this new SSRI called ... I think it was Paxil, The side effects, especially if you missed a dose are hard to describe. If you missed a dose you couldn't function at school, and everyone thought you were really stoned. Also, you could look at a pretty girl and just nothing. A 16 year old boy doesn't know why THAT's happening, neither does the girl, and it just makes things worse. Try having that conversation with your Dad, while doped out on the drugs he told you to take. Imagine the anxiety. It's really depressing. Better to be alone, and safe in one's bedroom and on the Internet... ( and that was 20 years ago ).

Around the same time there was Ritalin and maybe a few others came out.

The issues kids are facing, the feelings they are then given pills to erase are still there, even when numbed to them. The answer lies somewhere in familial stability and relearning respect?, and how to constructively frame life's difficulties and teach that to our kids.

I would never give my kids anything that altered their brain chemistry. Even as adults, the only way is through.