[loup-vaillant]

Would a decrease in such dismissal would also explain the increase in hospitalisation rates for self harm? I personally doubt it.

(Edit: and whoever downvoted me would help a great deal by explaining how exactly an increase in hospitalisation rates are an indication that we take this stuff more seriously. A wound remains a wound.)

[kbelder]

I think it might. I firmly believe that mental issues can be compounded by too much empathy and care. Too much 'awareness'.

Sometimes sucking it up is, psychologically, the right answer, and results in a more resilient individual. (Not all the time, perhaps not most of the time. But sometimes.)