You implied that a person might be depressed because they had not been exposed to religion.

The implication there is that religion would relieve their depression.

This is a screwed up way of thinking, but you seem to be advancing it as something that you actually think.

I'm just giving you a heads up that if you approach your childs' mental issues as spiritual failures you're going to mess them up further.

I'm not looking at the larger picture or curing cancer or anything like that.

I'm just saying that I've met a lot of people in NYC who fled from religious upbringings (and I'm not talking fundamentalist, either, just the level you're on) and have never gone home because their parents tried to address their issues with more church.