Education and early detection

Article on CBC.ca http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/28/preschooler-depression.html

At first glance I felt sadness at children going through the most misunderstood and ridiculed disease in our (so-called advanced) society, but re-reading the article gives me hope that some people are looking for early signs of depression.

It is common knowledge that early detection of any disease is the best remedy. That the more educated one is about a disease, the better they will be prepared to fight it, and that same education is what will eradicate any stigmas.

There obviously remains a lot of work to be done, medically and socially (look at some of the ignorant posts on that story for example).

But seeing studies like this being published and reported is a step in the right direction. The results might be somewhat disconcerting, but it's reporting a problem we can learn more about, and tackle from a position of knowledge.