NEARLY 450,000 anti-depressant prescriptions were issued to kids last year — amid concern of a mental health crisis. GPs doled out pills despite guidelines that they should only be used in severe cases. GettyNearly 450,000 anti-depressant prescriptions were issued to kids last year[/caption] And almost 4,000 prescriptions were given to children under ten. The figures have sparked fears youngsters are being offered the drugs because waiting lists to see psychotherapists are too long. Prescriptions for under-18s in England leapt from 312,000 in 2015-2016 to 448,515 in 2022-2023. This was despite National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines that under-18s shoul
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