Over 3,300 children under the age of 15 got antidepressant medication last year.
According to freedom of information files, it’s a 55% increase on five years earlier.
495 children under the age of 11 got the drugs in 2021, under three schemes run by the HSE.
Donegal GP Ciarán Ó Fearraigh says it may be because of problems in accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services:
