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Is there a children's mental health crisis?

May being Mental Health Awareness month, it seems appropriate for us to confront an issue that eludes our attention until it strikes home.

It is odd that mental health has become a major problem in a country flowing with money and professionalism, both essential for attacking the problem.

Nevertheless, Judith Warner writes a lengthy analysis in the Washington Post Magazine about young people: “Ove...