>> RIGHT.
>> WE'RE ROOTING FOR THEM.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> IN THE MEANTIME, MONDAY
MARKS THE START OF NATIONAL
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
AND A NEW INITIATIVE, SPEAK UL
FOR KIDS.
WELL-KNOWN ATHLETES, ACTORS AND
POLITICIANS ARE OPENING UP ABOUT
THE PERSONAL STRUGGLES THEY HAVE
FACED AND THEIR TRIUMPHS.
>> I HAVE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER AND A GENERAL ANXIETY
DISORDER.
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>> I HAVE ADHD.
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>> I HAVE DEPRESSION.
*
>> I HAD A TEACHER TELL ME THAT
I WOULD NEVER AMOUNT TO
ANYTHING.
AND I WOULD NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> AND MICHAEL PHELPS IS GOING
TO WIN GOLD.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID, THIS WAS A
CURE FOR DYSLEXIA.
SMARTEN UP.
THANK YOU, WELCOME TO "THE
TONIGHT SHOW."
>> IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NEVER
GOING TO END.
AND IT DOES.
OH, BOY.
THANK YOU.
WHAT I WOULD TELL MY YOUNGER
SELF ABOUT HAVING ANXIETY IS
THAT AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER, I'VE
LEARNED HOW TO MANAGE IT WITH SO
MANY TOOLS THAT HAVE LED TO ME
LIVING A PRETTY NORMAL AND
EXCITING AND VIBRANT LIFE.
>> I WOULD TELL MY INNER SELF TO
SQUEEZE MY DOG TIGHTLY AND TO
READ A BOOK AND TO MEDITATE AND
TO BREATHE AND UNDERSTAND I'M
NOT ALONE.
>> SOMETIMES YOU FEEL SO DARK
AND YOU ISOLATE.
AND YOU QUESTION YOURSELF.
AND YOU THINK, WHAT DID I DO TO
FEEL LIKE THIS?
IT'S A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.
>> HAVING ANXIETY MIGHT BE
INDICATIVE OF OTHER BENEFICIAL,
POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS.
>> ONE GREAT THING ABOUT BEING
DYSLEXIC, YOU TEND TO FOCUS LIKE
A LASER BEAM.
YOU FIND SOMETHING YOU CAN DO
WELL, YOU GO RIGHT THERE TO
BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
>> I'M AN ACTOR, A COMEDIAN AND
A JUDGE AND I GOT A LOT OF
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SINCE I'VE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT IT,
I HAVE COPING SKILLS AND I'M
DOING WELL.
DON'T BE QUIET.
TELL PEOPLE.
>> TALK TO YOUR MOTHER.
TALK TO A TEACHER.
TALK TO YOUR BEST FRIEND.
>> ONCE I FOUND THAT IT WAS OKAY
TO TALK TO SOMEBODY AND SEEK
HELP, THAT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE
FOREVER.
AND NOW, I'M ABLE TO LIVE LIFE
TO ITS FULLEST.
>> DR. HERALD CAPOWICZ IS ALSO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHILD MIND
INSTITUTE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS,
IT'S REALLY ASTOUNDING.
17 MILLION CHILDREN IN OUR
COUNTRY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDER.
WHAT KINDS OF DISORDERS?
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THIS IS THE MOST COMMON
ILLNESSES OF CHILDHOOD
ADOLESCENCE.
SOMEONE KNOWS AND LOVES THESE
CHILDREN.
IF IT'S NOT YOUR SON OR
DAUGHTER, IT'S YOUR NIECE OR
NEPHEW.
IT'S AUTISM, ADHD, DEPRESSION,
OBSESSIVE COMPULSION DISORDER.
ALL PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS, OCCURS
BEFORE AGE 4 AND BEFORE 14.
THAT'S WHEN YOU SHOULD IDENTIFY
AND TREAT IT.
IF I HAVE A SYMPTOM FOR TEN
YEARS, MUCH HARDER TO TREAT THAN
A SYMPTOM THAT'S SIX MONTHS OLD.
>> BACK TO THE NUMBERS -- IS IT
THAT THEY'VE INCREASED OR THAT
WE'RE MORE AWARE OF THEM?
>> WE'RE GETTING BETTER
IDENTIFICATION.
AND WE'RE STARTING TO DO MORE
SCIENCE.
THE MORE SCIENCE WE DO, THE MORE
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S ABOUT THE
BRAIN AND NOT ABOUT YOUR
PARENTING.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET ANGRY THAT
YOUR PARENTS GAVE YOU BAD JEANS.
BUT IT'S NOT THE WAY YOUR MOTHER
WORKS OR DIDN'T WORK.
OR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER GOT
DIVORCED.
IT'S THE FACT THAT CERTAIN KIDS
ARE MORE VULNERABLE THAN OTHERS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEWS.
THE SERIES, "13 REASONS WHY."
A LOT OF YOUNG TEENS ARE
WATCHING IT.
IT'S PREMISED ON A TEEN'S
SUICIDE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE STRONG FEELINGS
WHETHER TEENAGERS SHOULD BE
WATCHING THIS OR ALL.
>> 90% OF ALL OF THE TEENAGERS
WHO COMMIT SUICIDE HAVE A
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER.
AND THAT'S 5,000 TEENAGERS THIS
YEAR.
AND 600,000, ONE EVERY 2 1/2
MINUTES, WILL MAKE AN ATTEMPT
THAT LEADS TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM.
THAT MEANS THAT THIS SHOW SHOULD
BE PULLED OFF THE AIR
IMMEDIATELY.
TEENAGE SUICIDE IS CONTAGIOUS.
WE KNOW FOR OVER THREE DECADES
THAT WHEN KIDS WATCH TELEVISION
WHERE THEY DEPICT A SUICIDE,
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO ATTEMPT
AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO
ACTUALLY SUICIDE.
THE PROBLEM WITH "13 REASONS" IS
THAT IT SHOWS YOU THAT WHEN
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE AS A TEENAGER,
THERE IS NO HELP, YOU'RE
HOPELESS.
AND THAT SUICIDE IS GLAMOROUS
AND EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE WE WANT
THEM TO HAVE.
WE WANT THE MESSAGE THAT MY
YOUNGER SELF GIVES.
THESE ARE PROMINENT PEOPLE THAT
SAY, WHEN I SPOKE UP, I GOT
HELP, I CAN HAVE A GREAT LIFE.
>> AND HOPEFULLY THE CELEBRITIES
WHO TALK ABOUT IT, WILL HELP