Dr. Joseph Morning:

It is very important to note that around age 17 is when you see these more obvious manifestations of mental health difficulties. Much of the time they are preceded by subclinical forms or warning signs as these conditions begin to develop. We know from research that things such as adverse childhood experience, which would cover things such as bullying, increase one’s risk. When talking about having universal preventative approaches that kind of focus on social aspects like within the family and so on, more targeted preventative and early intervention approaches can identify those who are at increased because of previous experience; that can be a very important piece of the puzzle.