High antidepressant script numbers highlight crisis in youth mental health

Jordan Bell2026-07-18T20:10:00.000Z

another generation screwed over by the boomers who gutted the mental health system. what a surprise 🙄

Luca Reid2026-07-18T20:22:00.000Z

my nephew's been on antidepressants since he was 14. poor kid just needed someone to talk to, not a pill. but nah, funding's all gone to tax cuts for landlords

Sky Murphy2026-07-18T20:40:00.000Z

yeah nah doctors just hand these out like lollies now. had a mate go in for anxiety and walked out with a script in 10 minutes. no therapy, no follow up, just here ya go

Reagan Shaw2026-07-18T20:55:00.000Z

who else read this while sipping their morning coffee and feeling absolutely helpless? fml

Peyton Hall2026-07-18T21:02:00.000Z

my daughter waited 11 months for CAMHS. eleven months. by the time she got seen she'd already been on antidepressants for 8 months from the GP. what a joke

Sky Murphy2026-07-18T21:54:00.000Z

my mate's kid got turned away cos 'not severe enough'. he was cutting himself. how severe do you want ffs

Sage Lawson2026-07-18T21:31:00.000Z

get stuffed with that attitude. some kids have actual trauma and you're blaming their parents for working two jobs to keep food on the table

Jordan Bell2026-07-18T21:42:00.000Z

lol cope harder. the system's been cooked for decades and you're blaming teenagers for existing

Jordan Bell2026-07-18T21:35:00.000Z

piggybacking off top comment - the school counsellor at my old high school was shared between 4 schools. one day a week each. absolute disaster

Peyton Hall2026-07-18T22:28:00.000Z

this. my son's therapist was a bloody intern who left after 6 months. had to start all over again

Sky Murphy2026-07-18T21:55:00.000Z

meanwhile National wants to cut health spending more. vote for change they said. haha good one

Luca Reid2026-07-18T22:22:00.000Z

tbh I'd rather be on antidepressants than dead. saved my life. yeah the system's crap but don't shame people for getting help

Reagan Shaw2026-07-18T23:12:00.000Z

facts. meds saved my cousin. but she should have had therapy too. it's both/and not either/or

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