"You are just a man who is yucky"!, (say sayeth my our children,...)

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Obsession(obsessiveness) can be caused by such events as:

• Changes in living situation, such as moving, getting married or divorced, or starting a new school or job.
• Death of a loved one or other emotional trauma.
• History of abuse.
• Illness (if you get the flu, for example, you may start a cycle of obsessing about germs and washing compulsively).
• Low levels of serotonin, a natural substance in the brain that maintains mental balance.
• Overactivity in areas the brain.
• Problems at work or school.
• Problems with an important relationship.

Common treatments include SSRI drugs, which boost Serotonin. That suggests that having low Serotonin levels is a factor in obsessive behaviors.
Low Serotonin can be caused by poor sleep, life events(listed above), drugs and substances such as caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, NutraSweet and some cholesterol-lowering medications deplete serotonin and other neurotransmitter levels.

Whether or not I'm obsessed by the subject of fathers/parents rights I noticed on a BBC radio news report today that the "former children's commissioner" is commenting upon a major finding of deteriorating mental health in young people in this country, (made worse by many factors we'll all probably be able to guess are involved).

I noticed though the lady in question was calling for a huge increase in government spending in this area of social welfare, there was no mention of parents involvement or non-involvement in their children's lives, (other than acknowledging parents have to try to juggle many things), and no one mentioned "who loves the child" who is showing such distress?

If more state intervention is you're only solution then what need to consider any parent at all you could say, marriage/divorce rates, infidelity, zero parental rights in the UK and so on, and of course returning to the obsession point made above, who amongst us would not wish a parent to be obsessed about their child, and want to monitor and preserve their welfare, where they could do so?