Comment on Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s Suicide

• RunningInRVA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Earlier this year, after he started getting in trouble at school, his parents arranged for him to see a therapist. He went to five sessions and was given a new diagnosis of anxiety and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.

  Sounds like he received some therapy, but this can be an expensive and difficult to access form of healthcare for many.

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  • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It makes it seems worse. His parents knew he was having problems and still left a gun within easy reach.

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  • freeman@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    She is a 40 yo lawyer. I doubt that she couldn’t afford something more. I find it plausible that she couldn’t devote more time to the kid.

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    • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Therapy is also about fit. It takes something like 5 tries to get a good match - both the kid and the parent need to be on board, or the whole thing will end up as a bad experience for everyone involved

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