Students and Mental Health

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This may be a little out there for some, but I'm convinced our environment has made physiologic changes to our body systems.  Inflammation is being identified as the essential component of a number of conditions. I believe it is also affecting our mental health.  Ask any elementary school teacher who has been around for 40 years or more about their student population and behaviors.  After having multiple conversations with long-term educators, they all say the same:  Children are fundamentally different these days, and it isn't a parenting problem.  They are all convinced it's an environmental one.