Feedback Unit 5 - Adolescence and Mental Health

 Hi Sterling,

Reviewing your group’s Weebly submission on adolescence and conventional medicine, I was struck by how you provided a clear introduction on what to expect in the rest of the section in question. As well you head each section with a nice statistical infographic, which provides a quick and notice-grabbing bite of information that helped me to understand the prevalence of mental health difficulties in your chosen demographic, and more specifically, in females of this group.

Description of the differences between male and female adolescents and mental health was clear. I am very impressed that you included commentary on how mistakes have been made in the medical treatment of mental health conditions in youth, such as how anti-depressive medications can have the opposite effect compared to adults. This and the YouTube video on how some medications can make anxiety worse showed great insight into the topic. I feel as an informational website, this provides the public with an even-handed insight into the pitfalls of “just take the doctor’s word for it”.

Might I suggest a more developed conclusion/implications section after the last video? While this is a call to action for clinicians, it could benefit from a more parental and adolescent-focused discussion. A few references were inconsistently formatted, but a brief review can address this.

Your page's inclusion of complementary therapies and their importance are pivotal. Your research and citations supported this, as did the last video. All four aspects of the assignment were easily noted, and the writing flowed logically from beginning to end. Thank you for your thorough submission.

Regards,

Fiona