Teens looking for mental health advice are bypassing family and going straight to Google

Teens seeking mental health support are bypassing family, friends and their GP, and looking online, writes Helen O’Callaghan
Teens looking for mental health advice are bypassing family and going straight to Google

It would strike on the train — a really sharp feeling in his heart, a feeling like his stomach was crushing in on itself.

Now a 17-year-old about to go into Leaving Cert in a large co-ed school in Donabate, James* recalls the anxious years, from when he was 14 to 16.

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