Update

Junior theme!!!! Woohooooo!!!!
Research has been going well! I'm currently reading The Invisible Plague, however my reading of The Price of Privelege has taken a momentary halt... The Invisible Plague is helpful because it examines the history of mental illness in the United States all the way back to when the colonies were first established. However, I am wary of some of the statistics I look at. They say that mental illness is on the rise in the United States, but I believe it's impossible to tell if they are just being more frequently reported and treated, since the stigma behind mental illness is slowly decreasing. There is no way for me to know how many Americans really were depressed if they hadn't even told anyone.
Today, I interviewed a social worker that works in the school. It was a successful interview, although it was shorter than I would've liked. She had the opinion that the decrease in stigma was the biggest reaon for the rise in mental illness. I also plan to schedule an interview with someone outside of school. JUNIOR THEME ROOOOCKS!!!