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Does that mean that adults and teens/children face the same issues? No, they don't. Teens and children face very different issues than adults, and have a very different set of social skills than adults. And that, to me, speaks for the need to, at the very least, consider again the need for a teen place on Psych Central.

This time around, I'm fairly convinced it's time to create such a place for teens, including their own chat room. I don't want to stigmatize or exclude a set of the population due to no fault of their own (their age), and I see no reason to do so.

DocJohn

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I think that's an excellent idea. I often wonder what might have been different if I had the resources to idenfify and try to deal with my depression when I was a teen. Peer support is so important, and being able to communicate with other teens struggling with mental illness has the potential to be so empowering and to reduce the stigam of mental illness.

gg