I'm 15 and my mom wants me to take antidepressants but they make me feel numb and weird, and when I told the doctor he just talked to her instead of me.
More people experience this than they realize.
An adolescent experiences medical paternalism that treats them as an object of intervention rather than a person with valid experiences of their own body and mind.
“Where Are You with Children's rights?”
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