Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Durkan raised this issue as well. I am concerned about the kind of universal treatment received by people with mental health issues. They all seem to be given the same kind of antidepressant that slows down their movements, which is very upsetting for the parents of 16, 17, and 18 year olds. They immediately recognise that this is the same treatment given to people in their late 30s or 40s, and are slow to take it up a second time when they see the effect it has on their children. It impedes them from going forward when something raises its head again. Would more one-to-one care deal with that differently, rather than giving people antidepressants at the weekend and sending them home, saying they will be all right? We know what happens then.